Time passed slowly, in a blink of an eye to the middle of October, Wendeng snowed again, the temperature is getting lower and lower, but the bases of Wendeng camp still did not stop work, after the autumn grain harvest in September, Liu Minyou has a loose hand, Weihai this year the soil is fertile, the harvest has reached one stone per mu, because the land has been divided, so each mu is only handed over to the civil affairs system two buckets, the land of Wendeng camp is divided after the autumn harvest, last year accounted for 10,000 acres of military land and nearly 10,000 acres of abandoned civilian land, a total of 20,000 acres of land, an average of one stone and two buckets per mu, this year's harvest is all owned by the civil administrationThe households that divide the land will be given one catty per day for adults and half a catty for children, and the rations will be distributed until the spring wheat harvest in May.

Liu Minyou will be independent of the civil affairs workshop, set up a Wendeng industrial platform, and the four seas trading company to form the industrial and commercial structure of Wendeng, Liu Minyou from the original workshop and **** workshop transferred a lot of manpower, enriched to the new factory, they have started trial production in the old Wendeng camp in September, improve the operation steps, the comprehensive store has been in the current Tunpu all began to operate, this time Li Ranzhu was also transferred out, to the most important cigarette factory management female workers, Zuo Changhao promised that the tobacco has been transported to a ship, stored in the new warehouse, The factory was also completed, and the workers at the Jinghai construction site began to return to the Wendeng camp, while the female workers and families selected from the Wendeng displaced people began to migrate to Jinghai.

Liu Minyou is in Wendengying, Weihai, Jinghai three places non-stop business trips, urging the progress of various places, the current stock of tobacco is still small, Zhou Laifu in Linqing to buy a batch, by land back, on the road tax cards are numerous, although under the banner of Wendeng camp, but there are still not to buy, the cost is extremely high, Liu Minyou learned that the follow-up delivery stopped, only in Linqing and Tianjin hoarding. After preparing for the beginning of spring, it will go to Tianjin through the canal, and then ship to Jinghai.

Chen Xin, on the other hand, continued to train the army, and the newly recruited soldiers had completed their recruit training and were added to the various thousand headquarters, and Chen Xin's army reached 4,000 people, slightly exceeding his number of troops. After summarizing the experience of King Qin's operation, the staff officers gave priority to improving the drill of the killer team and the spearmen of the peasant soldiers. All movements are illustrated, and the infantry assembly line is slowly being perfected.

The original blue team was the first game of the first part, and they suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Gu'an. Chen Xin regretted that he transferred a hundred veterans and outstanding recruits and organized them into a bureau. After the formation of a new blue team, which did not occupy the number and was directly placed under the jurisdiction of the training team, as an opponent unit for training recruits and confrontation drills, and replenishing more than 2,000 recruits, the combat level of the Wendeng battalion was somewhat lower than the original, and the Wendeng battalion began a new round of military training under Li Donghua's roar.

In addition to the soldiers, the peasant soldiers and the flintlock pistol test team were also constantly rehearsing, and Chen Xin led the staff officers of the Chinese army to make a rough exercise model based on the numbers and experience collected on the battlefield. Preparations were made to arrange exercises for the soldiers and two training teams to test the rationality of tactics and formations.

When the two were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, Song Wenxian sat leisurely in a rickety carriage, walking on the road from Dengzhou to Wendeng, and there were more carriages in front of his carriage. There are also soldiers from the Dengzhou Standard Battalion, most of them have Liaodong accents, riding horses to guard the carriages, and at the front is the honor guard of the governor of Denglai.

At this time, the convoy happened to pass by a small river, the carriage in front stopped, and Song Wenxian rushed to the front. In front of Sun Chengzong's palanquin, he said: "My lord, Aishan used to be Wendeng not far away, and he will definitely be able to arrive today." ”

The sedan curtain opened, revealing a slightly fat face, he squinted his eyes and looked around, and said with a peaceful face: "Very good, that official will not stay here and continue to hurry." ”

After speaking, the carriage moved, Song Wenxian went back to his carriage, and saw Lu Zhi's sedan chair on the way, the little eunuch smiled politely at Song Wenxian, Song Wenxian immediately accompanied the little eunuch, quietly stuffed a piece of silver, and said in a low voice: "Little father-in-law Zhang, what does Husband Lu feel about the courtyard and people." ”

The little eunuch took the money, slowed down, and fell behind the carriage, and then said in a low voice: "The courtyard is nothing, Husband Lu likes that little song very much, and he has to hold the water every night, you say, you Lord Chen are good at doing things, and even with your subordinates, you are so capable, I won't talk about Brother Zhang of Jingshi, Mr. Song, you are really beautiful." ”

Song Wenxian twisted his head and said: "Where is this little father-in-law, just the emperor's close attendant like Husband Lu, how enjoyable it is to have such a good place in the Forbidden City, but I didn't think that I could share the emperor's worries so much, and go to Denglai to suffer, this kind of loyalty to the country, there are few people who can compare." ”

Zhang Xiaogonggong sighed, "Who said no, let's come out this time, Tianjin Nawei River has been frozen early, Husband Lu is worried about his errand, so he has to come by land, hey, you said that I am tired." ”

Song Wenxian sighed for a long time and praised the two of them greatly. Zhang Xiaogonggong said again: "Mr. Song, from your subordinates, you know that Lord Chen is not an ordinary person, at the beginning of the year, our family was poor, and I didn't have to see the general, and I heard the storyteller on the flyover say that he is eight feet long, but is it true?" ”

Song Wenxian held back his laughter, and was about to explain, when there was a sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and a group of cavalry lined up in a row of four horses, in a strict formation, led by a general wearing a military attache uniform, he dismounted in front of the governor's guard of honor, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Chen Xin, the general of the Wendeng camp in Dongjiang Town, Xiaguan, see Lord Sun." ”

Sun Yuanhua loudly asked the groom to stop, and got out of the car, he was quite tall, with a long beard like an ordinary civil official, and his demeanor was very gentle, he went to Chen Xin to help Chen Xin up with his own hands, and after looking at it, he smiled and said: "During the battle of the four cities, I missed General Chen, and Lord Shufu later praised the general and Wendeng Battalion, and several elders in the cabinet were also the same. ”

Chen Xin thanked him gratefully, and Sun Yuanhua introduced him to other entourages one by one, first of all, Lu Zhi, although Lu Zhi is not an official of the internal official and supervisor, but the power of the prison army is great, he is a close to the emperor, and the excerpt is sometimes more effective than the governor, but this Lu Zhi is a talent, tall and white-faced, but when he opens his mouth, he has a sharp voice.

He smiled at Sun Yuanhua, "Lord Sun, our family and General Chen have met, Wendeng Camp guards the Desheng Gate, then Jiannu only learned about the difficulty and retreated, our family heard that some generals are jealous in their hearts." only said that General Chen was a martial artist who used brute force, but our family didn't think so. ”

Chen Xin came up to kowtow to him again, Lu Zhi was the commander of Jiumen at that time, and there was no friendship at that time, but Song Wenxian had an activity in Dengzhou, and the house, silver, and women were all sent, and even the young man who sang was there. Everything has a very good appetite for Lu Zhi, which makes Lu Zhi have a good impression of Chen Xin.

Sun Yuanhua and Zhang Keda's side also followed the rules of officialdom and dealt with it early. This Sun Yuanhua is Zhou Yanru's person, Zhou Yanru is not the first assistant now, but with his young qualifications and age. It's also a matter of time, and now Zhou Yanru and Chen Xin's boss Wen Tiren are allies, but both of them ended up in the traitorous minister's biography.

Chen Xin also kowtowed to Zhang Keda, and then Sun Yuanhua introduced him to other attendants, the first was Guangludao Zanhua guerrilla Zhang Tao, although the praise painting guerrilla is a military position, but it does not lead soldiers, which is equivalent to the role of a staff officer, Sun Yuanhua said to Chen Xin: "Zhang guerrilla has gone to Macao twice to recruit Francois and transported back two batches of Hongyi artillery. He is especially good at the method of observing and aiming at Hongyi cannons, and he is a rare talent in my Ming Dynasty. ”

Chen Xin didn't put on a show, he held Zhang Tao and didn't let him salute, Sun Yuanhua was full of admiration when he looked at Zhang Tao, Chen Xin had no impression of this Zhang Tao. But this person is indeed very good at Hongyi artillery in history, and has a close friendship with Lu Ruohan in Macao and Gongsha Dixi Prison and others.

Then Sun Yuanhua beckoned and called two generals in armor, and the two of them didn't know how many pieces of cotton armor they were wearing, and their bodies were bulging, "General Chen." This is the standard battalion guerrilla Kong Youde. ”

The two saluted each other, Chen Xin finally saw this big traitor, Kong Youde is five big and three thick, his head is bigger than ordinary people, his face is full of beards, completely unkempt, he insisted on kneeling down and said to Chen Xin: "Lord Chen slaughtered those many slaves and avenged our old Kong, but it has not been reported yet, please ask Lord Chen to give more instructions on the method of military training in the future." ”

Chen Xin hurriedly politely, Sun Yuanhua sighed and said: "They were originally from Dongjiang Town, the first was the Dongshan miners, when they got into trouble, the situation was very heroic, I heard the news and couldn't help but choke, they only defected to me this year, these Liao people have been overcoming obstacles for ten years, it is really bitter." ”

Chen Xin looked at Sun Yuanhua's face, it was indeed a look of pity, very affinity, and it seemed that the spirit of determination and killing was a little less.

Then Sun Yuanhua introduced him to another general, Chen Xin originally thought it was Geng Zhongming, but it turned out to be called Li Jiucheng, who was also from Dongjiang Town, and now he is the general manager of the standard camp, accompanying the guards, full of murderous face, Chen Xin has never heard of this person, just a polite salute, then Li Jiucheng even looked awkward when he laughed, it was really full of meat.

After Sun Yuanhua finished his introduction, he took Chen Xin's hand and said loudly to Kong Youde: "Since General Chen is here from afar, let's not rub it off, you find a horse, and I will ride with General Chen." ”

Kong Youde sighed, turned around and dragged a cavalryman off the horse, personally helped Sun Yuanhua to get on the horse, and led the horse in front of him. Song Wenxian accompanied Lu Zhi, still in a carriage.

Sun Yuanhua chatted with Chen Xin as he walked, mostly asking about military training, he was very interested in the establishment of Chen Xin's arquebusier, especially the use of all-firearms detachments, but he didn't seem to be very interested in Qi Jiguang's killer team.

Chen Xin's soldiers are mostly trained according to the actual discipline of military training, only the establishment and drill code have been improved, he saw that Sun Yuanhua was not interested in cold weapons, and wanted to remind him, but he saw Kong Youde leading the horse in front of him, and swallowed his words back.

Then Sun Yuanhua told him about the military salary, and all the autumn salaries of the Wendeng camp were paid according to the standards of the Guanning Army, Sun Yuanhua of course hinted that it all depended on his operation, Chen Xin looked grateful, the leader who could fight for money, which subordinate did not like it. According to the standard of the Guanning Army, there are 125 ordinary soldiers and 224 families, and Chen Xin reported 500 families, and he can get a total of 72,000 taels a year, and each soldier also has five buckets of rice grain, which can improve his economic situation. Of course, this silver can't be eaten, and the filial piety for you has to be increased a little.

After Chen Xin thanked him, he said to Sun Yuanhua: "The adult has given so much care to the lower officials, the villain should have been content, but the villain is really itchy about one thing, and he can't help but say it, don't blame the adult." ”

"General Chen, but it's okay to talk about it."

"Xiaguan has always liked to ponder firearms, especially Hongyi artillery, when in the four cities, the Guanning Army's Hongyi artillery team was majestic, and when Xiaguan inquired, he learned that it was the artillery team polished by Lord Sun, and he felt that the adult was a god and a man."

Sun Yuanhua originally liked to study these things the most, Chen Xin did what he liked, this time Sun Yuanhua was scratched to the itch, he was in good spirits, and stared at Chen Xin with bright eyes, not at all the appearance of a stable civil official. He said: "It is really rare for General Chen to have such a vision, the Hongyi cannon is a weapon of the military, and once this weapon comes out, the rest is not enough." However, the casting of Hongyi cannon is really difficult, when casting, the dose of copper hammer, the heat of ironmaking, the thickness of the inner and outer diameters, the addition and subtraction of the front and rear diameters, the weight of bullets and medicines, are all learning, the second year of the official Tianqi was ordered by Sun Ge Lao to make cannons, cast three in a row, all three were blown up, and also, missed a fraction of a second, and the error was thousands of miles......"

Chen Xin watched "The Theory of Western Fire Attack Artifact", and kept asking just the right questions, Sun Yuanhua gushed endlessly, and soon introduced Chen Xin as a bosom friend. Chen Xin took the opportunity to ask for the instructor of the Furlong machine, and Sun Yuanhua was happy, so he immediately agreed to send three people to assist.

The two of them talked happily, and Song Wenxian, who was in the back, accompanied Lu Zhiche, was also very decent, but in Chen Xin's personal army, there were two pairs of cold eyes staring in the direction of Sun Yuanhua.

Zhou Shifa kept staring at Kong Youde under the brim of his hat, and he said to Zhang Dong, who was called temporarily: "Have you seen clearly, this person is one of the targets that the adults have explained, and after arriving in Dengzhou, inquire about his situation." ”

Zhang Dong bowed his head slightly and replied, "My lord, I have never forgotten the ideas I have seen." ”