Zhu Ping'an hurried back to the grange of the Thousand Households, the training of recruits was in full swing, Qiu Ze's injury was not serious, and he had been officially appointed by Zhu Ping'an as a training instructor, and was responsible for the training of the soldiers together with Zhang Dagou and Yue Jinfeng. Three hundred veterans were scattered to each hundred households, and the old led the new, which is Zhu Ping'an's purpose.

Yue Jinfeng strictly enforced the law and did not smile, so he temporarily served as the governor of the five products of the Thousand Households, responsible for the picketing of military aircraft. These days, there are more than a dozen thorn-headed soldiers who have been beaten by his military clubs.

According to the Ming military system, there should have been ten hundred households under the command of a thousand households, and two general flags under the jurisdiction of one hundred households, with a total strength of 120 people, and each general flag strength of 60 people, divided into five small flags, each small flag of 12 people.

However, the soldiers under Zhu Ping'an's command were uneven, especially the lack of officers with actual combat experience. In comparison, Wang Jinfa also had to further integrate into the officer class of Qianhusuo, Zhang Ergou was demoted to a pro-soldier because of his mistakes, and Hong Fatzi managed the military quarters in an orderly and orderly manner, but it was not a material for leading soldiers. At present, the only qualified officers available are Zhang Dagou, Yue Jinfeng, and Qiu Ze.

Zhu Ping'an's plan was to first set up three hundred households, with himself, Yue Jinfeng, and Zhang Dagou each responsible for one hundred households, and the strength of each hundred households was more than 300 people, and the hundred households were divided into three general flags, and three small flags were divided under the general flag. Basically, it also follows the three-three system of later generations, and the small flag is equivalent to the formation of a platoon. Under the small flag is the whistle, which is equivalent to the establishment of a class in later generations. And so on, a relatively complete military structure has been established.

The addition of Qiu Ze allowed the tactical skills and combat awareness of the Qi family army to slowly infiltrate into Zhu Ping'an's newly built army. You can give full play to the characteristics of the mandarin duck array, with the post as a unit, each post is a basic combat collective, and the soldiers in the post can also be combined in three or three to form the combat effect of the three-talent array.

Next, is the formation of the firearms unit, which is also Zhu Ping'an's biggest headache. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were still at the leading level in the world, but the systems were varied and the quality was poor, which directly led to the complete defeat of the Ming army in the face of the Manchu cavalry corps.

What Zhu Ping'an had to do was to find out the standard weapon that was most in line with the current use of the Ming soldiers, and improve it to make it the main weapon in the army under his command, and form a professional or its unit to give full play to its might.

Qi Jiguang once called the bird gun the first weapon for battle, and obviously tasted the benefits of firearms from it. The Ming army's firearms such as bird guns ranged from 50 to 80 paces. At that time, the Qi family army used a bird gun with a range of 80 paces.

Qiu Ze explained in detail to Zhu Ping'an that Qi Jiajun trained archers by setting up a five-foot-high wooden card eighty steps away. At the time of the battle, the bird gunners were in front, the archers were in the back, the pikemen were the backup, and the sword and shield men covered the flanks, which once made the Japanese and Mongolian cavalry suffer a lot, and even the invincible Houjin Eight Banners were also killed and wounded in front of the firearms array of the Qi family's army.

However, since it was decided to set up a firearms unit, the construction of firearms was a big problem.

The musket of the Ming Dynasty is generally better to weigh six catties, and it consumes countless pig iron. Forty catties of pig iron, and finally smelting seven or eight catties of refined iron, this is a huge consumption process. Moreover, the forging of the barrel of the bird gun is especially a process that requires a delicate one.

The status of the Ming artisan household is low, there is no food, no clothing, and one day is a craftsman, and the life and generation, children and grandchildren are all artisans. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the artisan household had been reduced to the domestic slaves of the military attaché of the military town, how could he have the enthusiasm to refine and build firearms in such a state of life. It is for this reason that the birds in the Ming army sometimes exploded.

Because of the lack of materials, or the craftsmen did not want to build, they were opportunistic and coping with the work, resulting in uneven thickness of the barrel, and it was only a matter of time before the bore exploded. Because of this, in the late Ming Dynasty, the sergeants had a strong resistance to the use of firearms such as birds.

The other point is the most important. The cost of a bird's gun, together with the pig iron materials, coal, the craftsmen's wages and food, and other expenses, reached three to five taels, and the cost was definitely not a small amount.

Money, money, and money. Zhu Ping'an found that when he woke up early in the morning, the first thing he did was to worry about money. Sometimes, he himself will find it funny, obviously guarding ten thousand taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but he can't spend it, which is really incredible.

For a thousand-strong army and a large number of military families, it is an astonishing amount of money to feed the horses every day. Now more than 800 acres of wasteland have been reclaimed in the thousand households, this year's year is not good, there is a large drought in the Fengyang area, fortunately there are a few rains in the summer, and the drought is finally alleviated, the harvest reaches more than 1,500 stones, plus Zhu Ping'an has purchased some old grain on the high wall guard and the beam in the city in the past six months, and the grain stored in the granary has 3,000 stones.

Next, it's a matter of mathematical conversion. An adult man consumes about 10 stone of grain a year, which means that these 3,000 stone of grain is barely enough for 2,000 people to eat for two months, in other words, after two months, more than 2,000 people in the Thousand Households will start drinking the northwest wind.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an's brain hurts.

Training, firearms, armor, military supplies, and food are all linked to money. Among them, the food problem is the top priority, without food, what to use to appease people's hearts, what to feed more than 2,000 people.

Therefore, the top priority is to "wash" and "bleach" the gold and silver in hand, and put it into circulation as much as possible in exchange for a large amount of food and supplies.

Looking at the people harvesting in the fields, Zhu Ping'an was distracted, but he didn't notice that a fast horse galloped along the boulevard in the countryside.

When the knight reached the vicinity of the ridge, he turned over and dismounted, but it was the king's blonde hair with an excited face. When he got closer, he saw Zhu Ping'an pondering, and couldn't help but let go of his footsteps, said hello to Zhu Ping'an's guards, and then stood behind Zhu Ping'an.

This day is also the most fulfilling time for Wang Jinfa to feel. The things arranged by Zhu Ping'an and Yin Shigang were given to him to carry out, and what he valued was his experience in rolling in the market and rivers and lakes.

Liao Yongtang's matter was quickly determined, and with the figure of "Mr. Ning" depicted by the painter in the Thousand Households, Wang Jinfa quickly got the exact news from the gangsters in Fengyang City, this person did appear near Liao Yongtang's private house, but most of the time he stayed in the house, and occasionally came out, and Liao Yongtang's henchmen would follow him.

This confirms Yin Shigang's previous speculation. Liao Yongtang did collude with the Tartars outside the Guan, but more news still has to wait for Liao Yongtang and Mr. Ning to be arrested.

With that in mind, the next step is the hands-on phase. According to Zhu Ping'an's orders, Wang Jinfa bribed a group of gangsters in the market to launch an offensive against Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

Of course, this also includes Liang Kang, a talent.

The status of scholars in the entire Ming Dynasty was self-evident, and only they could arbitrarily accuse the yamen of their faults, without caring about the punishment of the imperial court. They seek profit by fame, as long as they are famous, and they have not committed any crime of rebellion and rebellion, they can make a comeback at any time, and fame, for them, is a qiē.

Through the double reed of Liang Kang and a group of gangsters, Zhu Ping'an successfully provoked the common hatred of the scholars, which is why there was a scene in front of the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard at noon, followed by the performance of Zhu Ping'an's personal guards.

In the end, it was Liang Kang who directed the attention of the scholars and the people to Liao Yongtang's private residence.

Zhu Ping'an turned around and saw Wang Jinfa, "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Jinfa suppressed the excitement in his heart and arched his hand towards Zhu Ping'an, "Uncle, it's done!" ”

The title of "uncle" was deliberately made by Wang Jinfa.

Under Zhu Ping'an's command, Hong Fatzi, Yue Jinfeng and others were all brothers who followed him from birth to death, and the relationship was naturally extraordinary. Not to mention Cao Wuxian. Qiu Ze and the others were born in Zhejiang, with the brand of the Qi family army engraved on their bodies, and their martial arts and battle formation experience were all of great use to Zhu Ping'an. These people are incomparable to Wang Jinfa.

But Yin Shigang gave Wang Jinfa a construction in a timely manner. It can also be regarded as a reward for Wang Jinfa's recommendation that day.

"Adults are not idle characters, we don't dare to speculate on what we think in our hearts, but their identity must be extremely expensive, just look at that Cao Wuxian and Duan Xinian's attitude towards adults. And you have nothing to do with yourself, instead of desperately earning some unsightly military exploits, it is better to bend down and serve as a slave, and it is a shortcut to prosperity in the future! ”

Yin Shigang's words, Wang Jinfa thought so.

So there is the house slave's usual name for his master - "uncle".

Zhu Ping'an didn't care. In the past few days when Wang Jin came, Zhu Ping'an has been cautious and trembling, and Zhu Ping'an has seen it in his eyes and is very satisfied with his attitude.

"Did you catch it?"

"Cao Ye has succeeded, and the person is being escorted to the dungeon of the Grange, waiting for the adult's interrogation! There were also a few Tartars beside that person, and after the subordinates took matters into their own hands, they all stayed in front of Liao Yongtang's private mansion, believing that the scholars would find them! Wang Jinfa said word by word.

"Good!" Zhu Ping'an nodded appreciatively. Completely carrying out his instructions, without losing flexibility, this Wang Jinfa is indeed a teachable talent.

The guards brought Zhu Ping'an's mount over, and Zhu Ping'an was about to get on the horse, but turned back again. motioned for Wang Jinfa to follow him to the side of the tree.

"Blonde, you have been rolling in the rivers and lakes for so many years, can you help me do something?"

Wang Jinfa's heart was excited, "It's all up to the uncle's orders, Jinfa must do his best!" ”

"I have a batch of goods on hand, and smelting is too time-consuming, so I want to do my best, I don't know if you have such a way?"