"Come and see the scene, the soldiers who are training over there in the saline-alkali land have come out."

"The one who walks neatly"

The people on both sides of the canal greeted each other and ran towards the newly built road, and life on both sides of the canal was quite boring, and it was rare to have such fun.

According to Wang Tong's orders, the 2nd Battalion and the 200th households of the 1st Battalion were on duty on the return trip today, and they lined up in a column and marched neatly.

For the common people, they have also seen soldiers and horses crossing the border, and those soldiers also have formations, but they walk very casually, and they are always a little listless, and they lack that spirit, but now these young men, who are strong, are all wearing a style of clothes, and hold the same weapons in their hands.

Although the team of about 300 people exudes a different temperament when walking on this road, the people who come to see the excitement have a very strange feeling, that is, at first, they feel that there are not many of these people, but after a few more looks, they feel that these people are much more than the actual number.

"These young men in the first battalion have the ability and are willing to practice, Lord Yu said to the official, these two hundred people have taken the equipment, and there is no problem in defeating the second battalion and the third battalion together, so it will affect the balance in the training camp too much, this time it will be dismantled and used first, and when the things to be done are finished, they will be crumpled and scattered to each battalion!"

Wang Tong and Li Hutou's mounts were very close to each other, and Wang Tong always explained to him why he wanted to transfer troops and disperse them so much, Li Hutou was a little ignorant when he heard it, but his attitude was quite serious.

"Don't leave your skills behind, I heard General Tan say that you have now started to learn archery with Tan Gong, you must study and practice hard, and when the time comes, you will be stronger than everyone in this first battalion, when you go in, no one will dare to disagree!"

After saying the latter sentence, Li Hutou was stunned for a moment, but he understood, and a serious expression immediately appeared on his face, and he nodded vigorously.

"Eat more meat, eat more, this can grow taller and stronger Zhao Hong quickly, what's wrong ahead!?"

I had been talking, so I walked by the horses at will, and when my attention turned around, I found that the horses had stopped there and stopped walking, and Zhao Hong, whom Wang Tong greeted, was the battalion officer of the second battalion, and was a more awake person in the family, so Zhao Hong hurriedly ran over.

"Master, the people in front of me are watching too much excitement, and the road in front is blocked, so I am walking slowly."

"On official occasions, call me an adult!"

After Wang Tong corrected a sentence, he sighed, turned his head to Tan Jiang behind him and said:

"General Tan, the battalions have been practicing for so long, and they are gradually getting some shapes, and the military discipline of the officers is also strict, and you are also tightly restrained, but look at our sons, one by one, they have become good babies."

Tan Jiang's face was a little weird, he seemed to be a little stunned, and he seemed to be a little crying and laughing, Wang Tong turned around and said to Zhao Hong:

"You are the brocade guards on errands, you are wearing robes and robes, holding weapons in your hands, and you are blocked by the people, do you still need to think about what to do, show them what an official is!"

Wang said vaguely, but the gesture made a downward slashing motion, Zhao Hong was stunned and immediately turned back and shouted a few words loudly.

Each battalion is a military household, do not go to farming to work, and the young man who is willing to come to be a soldier to eat food is not a role, but the punishment of the bombing camp is strict, and the training of these days makes them more in awe of military discipline, and it is the inheritance of thousands of years in China to see the excitement, at first everyone was still a little in awe of the road, and then more and more people crowded over, and gradually blocked the road.

Without the order from above, these soldiers slowed down and did not dare to move, but their hesitation made the idlers on the spot even worse, and some of them even laughed there.

After the battalion officer Zhao Hong ran back, he shouted loudly a few times, and the soldiers in the queue responded in unison, and the neat answers startled the people around them, and even some of them laughed even louder.

Then he couldn't laugh anymore, and as neatly as the answer, the young men on the outside of the group raised their spears and slapped them in all directions.

Seeing the lively idlers too close, the spear was suddenly raised and photographed, and the ten ** people couldn't dodge, crackling and beating, and the ghost cried and the wolf howled.

Zhao Hong, the battalion officer just now, shouted for a long time and didn't see how much space anyone in front of him gave up, and there was a chaotic beating, and both sides of the road were immediately empty.

"Keep going!!"

After returning to the normal speed of travel, Wang Tong shook the reins, looked ahead and said loudly:

"These sons are going to fight in the future, they want to see blood, they are like sheep in peacetime, what to do on the battlefield, it is difficult to wait!!"

The voice shouted a little loudly, not only the few people riding horses around him, but also the soldiers in front of him could hear it clearly, and everyone had thoughtful expressions, and continued to move forward.

After returning to the mansion, it is easy to find a place for hundreds of soldiers to live, whether it is the official office of Jinyiwei or the mansion on the side of the drum tower, there are a large number of empty houses, all to do is to let Ma Pozi take the silver to buy food supplies, and the supply of the military preparation road yamen is nothing more than a change of location.

Zhang Shiqiang parted from Wang Tong and his party halfway, but it didn't take too long to rush back, he was Wang Tong's closest person, and no one stopped him.

In this mansion, everyone knows that there are no female dependents around Lord Wang, and the trivial things of life are done by himself, Zhang Shiqiang asked at the door of the house, and walked in directly.

Entering the house but stunned, Wang Tong was changing clothes, not official robes or civilian clothes, but clothes worn by the little maid in the family, Zhang Shiqiang opened his mouth in surprise, Wang Tong asked while tying his belt:

"I'm going out later, there's news from the blacksmith's workshop?"

"That Bean said that the craftsmen of our workshop can build it, but there is no place in the city to build this furnace, and the copper material for this cannon needs a lot, at least three thousand taels of silver."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shiqiang hesitated, now such a large amount of silver, he is always a little apprehensive when he says it, Wang Tong glanced at Zhang Shiqiang, and said indifferently:

"Give it to him, this is the first priority, don't be afraid of spending money, afraid of delaying time."

Hearing Wang Tong say this, Zhang Shiqiang breathed a sigh of relief, pondered for a while, and asked:

"Qiao Da wants to ask my lord, those three ghost craftsmen have some real skills, this cannon can still be made, ask if you want to make this catty of small cannon first, this is the fastest, three catties, six catties can also be made, but it has to be slower, nine catties and twelve catties of general cannons are not sure."

One catty, three catties, six catties, this number made Wang Tong stunned, Zhang Shiqiang also saw the confusion on Wang Tong's face, and quickly explained:

"One catty, three catties is the weight of the cannonball, our Ming Dynasty is divided according to this, and it is said that the Western side is also divided in this way."

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's luck, Wang Tong really has some concepts about this, thanks to the amount of information that exploded in that life, but this strange division made him really a little confused, a pound is about equal to nine hundred grams, nine hundred grams is eighteen taels, if it is measured according to this era, a pound is sixteen taels, and this is about the same as that pound according to the division of catties.

Wang Tong pondered for a while, and said to Zhang Shiqiang:

"Make six catties, don't press your side if you want money and people, I'd rather he deduct and waste, make things first, and also talk to the front, the official wants to inspect the cannon, if there is a problem with a cannon, the official wants them a head, you go and spread the word!"

Zhang Shiqiang hurriedly went out, Wang Tong tied the short knife on the calf, thought about it and tied a short thorn on the arm, and buckled the straw hat on the head before walking out of the house.

If the current Wang Tong hadn't come to take a closer look, no one would have seen that this was Wang Tong of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, but would have thought that this was a small guy, in this era, unless he had seen it in person, he could only distinguish who was who from the way he dressed, and there were very few people who had seen Wang Tong in Tianjin.

Walking out of the door, several generals of the Tan family also changed into the clothes of the servants, and Wang Tong said in a low voice:

"Go to the back door, I'll go first, you don't have to follow too closely, scatter out, just see me, this is in broad daylight, anything can be reflected!"

Everyone bowed in unison, Wang Tong walked out, Tan Gong's surname was more lively, watching Wang Tong go out, he turned around and whispered to Tan Bing:

"Although our young master is from Jinyiwei, he is not like you and Brother Jian have both practiced in the yamen, how can you be so familiar with such secret detectives?"

"Otherwise, how can we let our brother call him master, don't talk about it, follow up"

Near the drum tower is the best plot of Tianjin Acropolis, there are many shops, Wang Tong also saw a few men probing his brain after going out in disguise, but he didn't care too much about Wang Tong, so he let him pass.

Wang Tong has a bamboo basket hanging on his arm, which looks like a small guy who buys on the street, and the big family goes out to run errands, which is ordinary and can no longer be ordinary, and no one will pay too much attention.

"Xilai Groceries" is a large grocery store, from toothpicks to ornaments of Jingdezhen vases and even fine wood furniture, everything is available, and it is very lively when people come and go.

Wang Tong entered the door, walked to the account room who was planning to make a plate, and asked politely:

"May I ask the shopkeeper, has the 'scaring incense' set by our house arrived?"

The bookkeeper glanced up and asked nonchalantly:

"How much is it?"

"Thirty taels of gold and silver."

"It's time to arrive, just in the back of the library, I'll call a guy to go with you to get it!"

(To be continued)