By the middle of December, although there were still displaced people entrenched in Qingzhou City, but that was already a minority, after these evacuation and diversion, the original 50,000 displaced people have now been guided to the Lingshan Guard and various tunbao, Pang Gang in addition to letting them into the army, but also hired thousands of people to work in the cement factory and go to the mine to open a mine.

After several months of exploration and practice, now the cement factory located near Wangjiatun has begun to produce cement, at first people are not too trusting of this gray powdery thing, they also think that these inconspicuous powder can build houses, in order to dispel people's concerns, Pang Gang personally led people to build a new martyr's shrine in Lingshanwei, the building materials used are sand, bricks and cement, when building the martyr's shrine, many new and old military households in Lingshanwei came to watch, Not only that, many of the hundreds of households, general flags and small flags of Lingshanwei also came to watch, and for a time the place where the martyr's shrine was built was surrounded by water.

Pang Gang personally picked up the shovel and stirred the sand and cement with the plasterers, and watched the cement slurry that gradually turned into a paste after pouring water was mounted on the green bricks, and then the green bricks were built one by one to build a wall, and the military households around were amazed.

A young soldier happily said to his companions: "Brother Sheng, you see what kind of cement was invented by Lord Qianhu, it is really a god, put these cement to these green bricks, and then build them up piece by piece, it will not fall down, I heard that this cement is very cheap, a bucket is less than five cents of silver, this time it is too convenient for us to build a house, find some stones and cement just like this, the house will not be completed." ”

Brother Sheng pursed his lips disdainfully: "Who knows, none of us have used this thing, if we use this thing to build a house for three or five months and suddenly collapse, who will we talk to?" ”

"That's what you said!" The companion was stunned for a moment and nodded, "Then let's come back in a while to see if the construction of this martyr's shrine is so strong, if it is solid, it is not too late for me to buy cement." To tell the truth, I'm really fed up with the broken grass house at home, some time ago my father went to the orchid house to propose, and the orchid family also said, when will my family tear down the broken grass house and rebuild it, they will marry the orchid, so I have to try it anyway for the orchid. ”

"Huh? Do you have that spare money at home? Brother Sheng on the side was a little unconvinced.

"Who said I don't have any money!" The man said with some pride: "Lord Qianhu said that he wants to open ten farms near the guard, specializing in raising pigs, ducks, chickens, goats and other poultry, and is now recruiting people everywhere. The notice said, go there for a month, the salary is two dollars of silver, if your chickens and ducks are well raised until the end of the year, there will be dividends! ”

"Your message is long outdated." Brother Sheng pursed his lips and made a disdainful expression, "Now the real money is still those craftsmen who make waterwheels, in order to ensure the spring ploughing after the spring, the huge people are now recruiting craftsmen to make waterwheels, do you know how many waterwheels the huge people want to make?" Saying it scares you to death, fifty waterwheels, those craftsmen are happy now, but I didn't expect these poor craftsmen to tremble now. ”

Just when those military households were talking, a small flag quickly ran over and handed a letter to Pang Gang, who was supervising the construction of the Martyrs' Shrine. Pang Gang took the letter and looked at it, it was written with the words "Pang Qianhu personally opened", Pang Gang found that the handwriting on it was a little different from the letters he had seen in the past, the handwriting was delicate and delicate, and there was an elegant and generous everywhere.

Pang Gang was slightly stunned, "Why is this handwriting so similar to a woman's book." ”

Open it and take a look, it turned out to be the book written by Wei Manyao, the daughter of the Qingzhou prefect Wei in the same year, Wei Manyao first thanked Pang Gang for the rescue of Wei Mansion a few years ago, and said that she conveyed the gratitude of her father Wei in the same year, and then she told him that the rich gentry of Qingzhou had told him that Pang Gang had sued Jinan Mansion, and asked him to be careful, it was best to send someone to Jinan Mansion to do some activities, and to inquire about the news. In the end, Wei Manyao also instructed Pang Gang in the letter that if the Jinan Governor and the Soldiers and Horses Yamen blamed him, he would not do anything stupid, and he would ask his father to help him deal with him and ask him to be relieved. ”

Pang Gang nodded secretly after reading the letter, this Miss Wei could still write to him at this time to warn, and said that she would help her beat the side drum by Wei Tong's side, which was already rare. She is the eldest lady of the prefect's family, and if this letter leaks out in this era of strict etiquette, it will have a great impact on her reputation. The fact that she was able to do this is enough to prove that she is a kind-hearted and upright woman.

Looking at the delicate words in the letter, Pang Gang couldn't help but think of the scene when he first saw Wei Manyao in the inner courtyard of the prefect's mansion a few months ago.

"Miss Wei, I Pang Gang understands your kindness, but you still look down on those officials and masters in Jinan Mansion, if they make a move, it won't be as simple as dismissal, it is estimated that they will kill me." Although Pang Gang has not been in the officialdom for a long time, but in combination with what he has seen and heard, an alternative like himself is definitely an alternative in officialdom, whether in ancient times or in later generations, it is definitely an alternative in officialdom, no matter when the officialdom can not tolerate people like himself, there is only one way to ensure his surname, that is, fists and strength, only with these things will others dare not deal with themselves openly. ”

Pang Gang folded the letter and put it in his personal coat pocket, then looked at the people who were busy in front of him, and walked quickly towards the school yard next to the guard

In the school yard of the Lingshan Guard, Da Zhuang was standing on the parade platform of the school to give a lecture to the newly recruited 3,000 recruits, he was imitating the appearance of Pang Gang when he spoke, and said loudly with his hands on his hips: "Brothers, from now on, you will no longer be a mud leg serving the crops, but a glorious soldier of the Lingshan Guard!" What is a warrior, only those who dare to fight can be called warriors, the huge people have said, the Lingshan Guard is very large, and there are many people in the Lingshan Guard, we people take the food given by the huge people, and our families plant the land given by the huge people, so we have to work for the huge people, do you say this is the reason. ”

"Yes!"

At this moment, a sparse sound sounded in the team of 3,000 people.

"Bastard, haven't you all had enough to eat? If you haven't eaten enough, tell Lao Tzu that Lao Tzu will let you eat enough and then come to assemble. Da Zhuang was angry, pointing at these soldiers in front of him who were wearing brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets and scolding, Da Zhuang, who was accustomed to the ban, really couldn't tolerate the thousands of people below who were lying on their stomachs like a group of unfed girls.

Da with a fierce look in his eyes shouted: "Lao Tzu asks you again, is this the reason?" ”

"Yes!"

The following answer is finally louder, and it is finally neat.

Standing on the side and watching how Da Zhuang trained his troops Qi Wuming and the others watched Da Zhuang lecture there with cold eyes, they, the hundred households of the Lingshan Guard, were originally in charge of part of the military power of the Lingshan Guard, even if the predecessor Qianhu He Zhengnan was there, he had to give them three points of face, after all, each of them controlled a part of the headquarters of the troops, even the thousand households had to give them two points of face. But since Pang Gang took office, he brought tens of thousands of displaced people from Qingzhou, and the huge number of displaced people almost immediately drowned out their original few men and horses, and Pang Gang also asked all the original men and horses of Lingshanwei to gather together and start training again. This is tantamount to depriving them of their military power in disguise, which also makes them very dissatisfied. Then, Pang Gang registered these newly arrived refugees and turned them into military households, if there are those who are not willing to turn into military households, we will not give you an acre of land, and we will not give you porridge again, you will be left to fend for yourself. At this moment, the strength of Lingshanwei was greatly increased, and Pang Gang's authority in Lingshanwei was quickly established.

Under the pressure of survival, almost all of the displaced people put their own handprints on the Lingshanwei book, so that they could work in the cement factory, mines, breeding farms and various construction sites of the Lingshanwei Institute, and receive 20 acres of wasteland per household. Although it is wasteland, Pang Qianhu has already said that he will only pay one bucket of rice per mu of land in the first year. Although twenty acres of land can barely feed a small number of people with a large population, it is much stronger than the previous turbulent displacement.

And that's not all, Pang Gang also stipulated that every family with a male over the age of 16 and under the age of 35 must join the army for training. And it is divided into two modes of soldiers and cantonment soldiers, as the name suggests, the soldiers are standing troops, and they are also the elite troops of Lingshanwei, to participate in the combat readiness tasks all year round, they do not need to farm, and the guard will give them five liters of rice and a penny of silver every month as military salaries. The garrison troops are garrison troops, and there is no military pay, they only need to participate in training during agricultural slack time or every seven days.

Now the 3,000 people on the school field are the first batch of soldiers recruited by Pang Gang, Pang Gang has expanded the army, which is a good thing for the officers of Lingshanwei, after all, the strength of the people has increased, and everyone likes it, Qi Wuming, Bin Shiqian and others were extremely happy at first, but then they couldn't figure it out. Pang Gang didn't plan to allocate these newly recruited soldiers to them for training, but handed them over to Da Zhuang, a simple and stupid big man, for unified training, which made them, the officers who claimed to be experts in leading troops, a little depressed.

Now Qi Wuming complained to Bin Shiqian on the side, "Old Bin, what's the matter with Pang Qianhu, why don't you give us some after recruiting so many soldiers, can you not trust us?" ”

Bin Shiqian, who was more thoughtful, looked at the dense soldiers standing on the school field and shook his head and said, "Who knows, maybe the huge people will have to wait until all these soldiers are trained before assigning them to us." ”

Looking at the recruits who began to line up to run, Qi Wuming snorted coldly: "When will Da Zhuang, this Ga boy know how to train, and I don't believe it if I kill Lao Tzu, if I run and run, I can train the soldiers well, then the training is too simple, I think Pang Qianhu clearly doesn't believe us." ”

"Shhhh At this time, Bin Shiqian pulled the sleeve of Laqi Wuming and whispered.

Qi Wuming took a look, it was true, Pang Gang didn't know when he came over from outside

(To be continued)