"Ji Sheng, you recruit some fishermen nearby, the monthly money is still one, two, five, don't look for it in Weihaiwei, recruit other health centers or households." Chen Xin said peacefully to the scar Jiang Ji on the other side.

Scar is one of the first people to follow Zhao Dong's family, he has been following the sea for ten years, he is good at stargazing and sailing, and he is brave in battle, it is rare to live for so long, and the loyalty of the black cannon is different, he is a little enthusiastic about official positions in his heart, and after hearing that Chen Xin became an official, he made up his mind to follow Chen Xin.

Scar listened to Chen Xin's words and said respectfully: "Yes, my lord, but if two boats go to sea, at least seventy or eighty people." ”

Chen Xin frowned and groaned, the sailors at sea are different from the army, they are much more casual, once the discipline is too strict, it is likely to be bitten back by the sailors, so he does not plan to send his soldiers to be polluted by sailors, and he has not thought about sending a few boats, if it is two ships at a time, the payment is nearly 100,000, and he can't take it out anyway, plus the 20,000 borrowed from the Zhao family, he can use a total of about 37,000 taels, except for Weihai, he has to keep 7,000 taels, and he plans to send Wen Tiren a few thousand taels, and he can only use 25,000.

"Then recruit eighty people." Chen Xin considered that the training time of seafarers was long, and in case of robbery, the loss would be great, so it was better to keep more posts. He was originally responsible for patrolling the sea, and it is reasonable to say that he is not as eye-catching as the army's warband.

After Scar agreed, he was going to make arrangements, and Chen Xin stopped him again, "Wang Zugui is your deputy, and the salary of you old people is still the same as before, go to sea for one hundred taels at a time, but don't sue the new recruit." ”

"My subordinates understand!"

After sending away the scar, Chen Xin began to revise the military law again, he and Zhu Guobin discussed it for several nights in a row, it was almost completed, the punishment was basically fines, corporal punishment, labor and military sticks, he gave up the prohibition of any entertainment and feelings in the new book of Ji Xiao, and the beheading punishment that can be seen everywhere in the Ming military law was basically canceled, only the retreat from the battle, the battlefield protest order, armed resistance to the military law and wounded, deserters, killing comrades, etc.

Chen Xin revised a place on the paper, and remarked the use of leather whips in the summer behind the military sticks, so as not to injure and maim people, at this time there was a burst of gunfire in the distance outside, Chen Xin knew that it was Zhu Guobin's musket team in training, they only had eight bird guns in total, and none of the ten gunners did not even have one. Thinking of this, he walked out of the door, took Zhou Shifa and Nie Hong, and went to the work shack of the craftsman Jia.

The inside of the craftsman shop was in full swing, and Tang Zuoxiang was beating the pipe, and when he hit a section, he pulled out a section of the cold iron bar inside to prevent the pipe from being connected with the iron bar. Chen Xin stood behind him for a while, and didn't disturb him, but a craftsman next to him saw it and reminded Tang Zuoxiang, so he quickly called another craftsman to take over and came over to meet Chen Xin.

Chen Xin saw that he was sweating profusely, and said with concern: "Mr. Tang is doing things, so don't work too hard." ”

Tang Zuoxiang knelt on the ground and said: "Adults, don't call it that, villains don't deserve to be called Mr." ”

Chen Xinman waved his hand indifferently and helped Tang Zuoxiang up, a title can buy people's hearts, and he doesn't have to spend money, how can he not use such a good method, "Mr. Tang is skilled, this shack is so simple, Mr. Tang only took ten days to set up a shop and start work, which is enough to deserve the title of Mr." ”

Tang Zuoxiang accepted the words, but he was moved but speechless, "This, this, the villain won't say anything, anyway, with Lord Chen, our wife and children have eaten enough for the first time, and Mr. Liu is responsive to the cost of utensils in the shop, which is compared with the original, anyway, it's good anyway." ”

Chen Xin smiled, now there is almost no output, and it is not suitable for piecework wages, so the treatment he set for these artisan households is also to receive silver according to the level, and temporarily set Tang Zuoxiang as an intermediate craftsman, with a monthly salary of one or two or five, and the other four are low-level craftsmen, with a monthly salary of one or two, these artisan households are the overlapping area managed by him and Liu Min, and they have to do both civil work and military work.

"You do work for me, these are all due, what work do you do if you can't eat enough, as long as the things are done well, there are bonuses in addition to your monthly salary, but if the things are not done well, you will also have to deduct the monthly salary."

Tang Zuo nodded repeatedly: "It should be, it should be." ”

After Chen Xin finished talking about the scene, he asked him about the firecracker, Tang Zuoxiang looked embarrassed, and stopped talking several times.

Chen Xin estimated that he had some problems, so he slowed down and asked him, "What is Mr. Tang's difficulty?" Speak to me, and if you need my help, just ask for it. ”

Tang Zuoxiang said: "Lord Chen, three bird guns have been made, this is what villains are used to, as long as the materials are enough, there is no problem." But the turtledove that the adults gave me, the gun bed, plate hooks, reeds and bolts, are not difficult, the villain is done, only the pipe wall is very thick, it takes more time to make, the front is cold after the back, the pipe wall has not closed seamlessly several times, it has cost a lot of materials, and the villain is really ashamed. ”

Chen Xin had expected that this turtledove was not so easy to do, and comforted Tang Zuoxiang with a smile: "It turns out that this is the case, Mr. Tang doesn't have to mind, try a few more times, this official is not familiar with the fire gun system, but I have a few suggestions here for Mr. Reference." ”

"Please ask Master Chen for advice."

"Mr. Tang before each beating, you can write down the size of the hammer, the time of burning iron, the amount of materials used, etc., the next time you make it, you can improve it one by one according to these matters, the hammer is small, and one person is not enough to use two people, so that it can be improved slowly."

Tang Zuoxiang hurriedly bowed his head to be taught, but said: "But the villain can't write......"

Chen Xin turned his head to look at the two pro-soldiers behind him, their heads were shaking like rattles, Chen Xin was helpless, thought for a while, and said to Tang Zuoxiang: "I will solve this matter, Mr. Tang just needs to do his part." ”

"Master Xie." Tang Zuoxiang knelt down and kowtowed again, choked and said: "The villain has been a craftsman since he was a child, except for his own name, he doesn't know a word, and now Lord Chen gives us food, and Mr. Liu teaches me to read and write, and the villain's family is grateful." ”

Several craftsmen next to him knelt down, and Chen Xin comforted them with kind words and asked them to do things well. After saying that, he didn't bother them anymore, as long as he was here, these people couldn't work in peace.

After going out, I went to the construction site to take a look around, five wells have been built, a few huts have been tiled, five barracks have been erected and the main beams are almost completed, only the largest school is still digging the foundation, and a few people who repair the house are pouring water into it to find out the level.

Recently, because of the repair of the house, there are too many outsiders, and the training of the soldiers has been changed to the east behind the mountain, there is no sound of trumpets, and it is much quieter here, only a noise comes from the shack migrant worker kindergarten from time to time. Chen Xin followed the voice and walked over and heard Liu Minyou speaking inside.

"Snow White's stepmother pretended to be an old woman and brought a basket of apples......"

A child's voice asked, "Mr. Liu, what is an apple?" ”

"This apple is a fruit, sweet and sour."

"Oh! Isn't it just the apple fruit? "Probably."

Liu Minyou's voice continued: "But Snow White's stepmother poisoned the apple. Given to Snow White. ”

Chen Xin listened to it funny, this Liu Minyou has really become a kindergarten teacher, this teacher has to spend about an hour every afternoon to teach children literacy, and tell stories between classes. Chen Xin shook his head, went back to his shack, and turned around to see Song Wenxian also standing outside the kindergarten.

This bad scholar was also listening to the story, with a smile on his face, and when he saw Chen Xin coming, he came over and said, "Looking for thousands of households everywhere, you can be regarded as finding it." ”

Song Wenxian immediately gave Chen Xin a look, Chen Xin left two personal soldiers, the two walked aside, Song Wenxian said in a low voice: "Brother Chen, I have been out for more than 20 days, it's time to go back." ”

Chen Xindao: "Yes, Mr. Song still has a lot of things, and he should go back to Dengzhou to see his family when the Chinese New Year is about to come." ”

"Before leaving, there are two important things, one is to ask Brother Chen to repair a book, to the imperial history, I will go to Beijing to do that thing after a while after I return to Dengzhou. The second is Han Bin, who can't stay. ”

"I'll write the letter right away, as for Han Bin." Chen Xin said with a sneer on his face, "I wanted to get rid of him last time I was in Dengzhou, but the people and ships were all in other people's territory, and I was afraid of delaying the trip, but now Mr. Song just doesn't say it, I will also start this matter." ”

Song Wenxian looked around, and said to Chen Xin: "I still need people for this matter, I only have one Wang Yong, Han Bin has a few fellow villagers in Dengzhou to follow around, that is, you have seen those few on the boat, you have to send a few more people." ”

"Do you want to kill those fellow villagers together?"

"No, those people have never seen Zhong Daotai, only Han Bin may talk to Zhong Daotai."

"Only one Han Bin." Chen Xin said and turned his head to look at Zhou Shifa and Nie Hong, both of them are good, they have both practiced martial arts, Nie Hong is five big and three rough, with a fierce light in his eyes at any time, he was forced to death by a loan shark in his hometown, and killed the slender man who escaped from the boss of the money bank, when Zhu Guobin recruited him, he was very murderous, and thought that he was suitable to be a spear or long knife man.

Song Wenxian followed his gaze and reminded: "Han Bin is good, if he misses a blow, he is afraid of being counterattacked, so it is best to let Zhu Guobin or Dai Zhenggang go." ”

Chen Xin shook his head slightly: "Those two people are very skilled, but I don't plan to let them do this kind of thing, it turns out that the people on the Fu Boat can't use it." The assassination does not have to be too good, but more importantly, it is calm and fierce, both of them have murderous spirits, so let Lu Chuanzong, Zhang Dahui and them go. I can't go, I'll tell Lu Chuanzong and they to listen to your arrangement. ”

Song Wenxian looked at the two of them repeatedly, Nie Hong saw Song Wenxian staring at him, and looked back coldly, sure enough, it was fierce, and Song Wenxian nodded slowly.

Chen Xin said to Song Wenxian again: "When you went to Jingshi, you lived with Qin Lufang, and he also went to sea many times, although he lost his hand, he could protect you somewhat." But this time you go back to Dengzhou, I'm afraid the boat won't be able to go, and there won't be enough manpower. ”

"You are busy with yours, I will take them by land, here is three hundred and twenty miles away from Dengzhou, there are some mountain roads, you can get there in seven or eight days if you go quickly."

After deciding on this matter, Chen Xin took Song Wenxian back to the shack, Song Wenxian dictated Zhong Daotai's various evil deeds of defecting to the eunuch party, Chen Xin wrote a letter to Yang Weiyuan, which reviewed the good relationship between the two sides, and then said that Song Wenxian brought some thoughts, and finally exposed Zhong Daotai's evil face in a righteous and solemn manner. After all, Yang Weiyuan is also a very slippery person, Chen Xin tried to pay attention to the wording, hoping to make Yang Weiyuan think that Chen Xin just had a personal vendetta with Zhong Daodae, the two of them considered sentence by sentence and revised it twice, and Chen Xin seemed to return to the state of writing formal essays back then.

After finishing writing, Song Wenxian read it again and put it on the table, waited for it to dry a little, and then folded it and put it away, and then he slowly looked at Chen Xin's shack and said: "Brother Chen has the gentle township of Tianjin, and he is willing to come to Weihaiwei in this poor countryside to eat and drink the snow. ”

The two are about to be separated, Chen Xin and Song Wenxian have been together for a long time, they smell the same, this person can be regarded as a real villain, but he has always been good to himself, although he is selfish, but who is selfless, Chen Xin sincerely said to Song Wenxian: "Mr. Song has helped a lot all the way, and he is very grateful, and he will come to a long time." ”

Song Wenxian from the beginning of the boat to see Chen Xin, he intuitively felt that this person was different, there was a temperament different from others, a few months more convinced of this understanding, after arriving in Weihai to see him training is also a unique way, in a short period of time those slender men have a strong army.

He thought back on the experience of the past few months, and his face showed some emotion, "Brother Chen is in ruins here, and he should have stayed to help you, but I look back and think that it may be more useful to help you outside. ”

"Mr. Song, take care all the way."