Wen Tiren pondered for a moment, glanced at Zhang Li, and then asked lightly, "How many soldiers are there in that mountain fort now?" ”

Zhang Li's heart is cold, here he is, this Nima must say more!

Previously, he and Zhou Yanru had already passed the wind, and at that time, he actually said that there were 10,000 horses in Tuanshan Fort, but Zhou Yanru sneered......

Zhou Cifu's final answer to himself was-

Fifty thousand!

Belch...... No matter, starve the faint-hearted, support the daring!

"Fifty thousand!" Zhang Zhang looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

"Hehe......" Wen Tiren sneered, and didn't look at the tension, but stared at Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru was calm and calm, bowing his head slightly, as if there were really 50,000 horses in the mountain fort.

Wen Tiren took in Zhou Yanru's expression, pondered for a long time, and two words popped out of his mouth: "Five thousand." ”

When Zhang Zhang heard the word "five thousand", he almost didn't hold his breath.

Hastyly!

You don't have to bargain with a street vendor, do you?

said 50,000, and the old thief Wen bargained for 25,000!

Nima has only set the establishment of 5,000 men and horses, and there is an egg?

Originally, the military salary of the Tuanshan Army is now the Tuanshan Fort upside down, although there is a military salary accounting, a large amount of military salary expenditure will not be paid until the full year, but the food and armaments are also money!

Food, in particular, is more useful than real money in the event of a war!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Li's brain immediately started at full speed, thinking about what to say.

After all, Wen Tiren is the first assistant of the cabinet, and he is now bargaining for 5,000 people, and he can't bargain with him with a blushing face. That's too low-level. That's a slap in the face of Lord Wen, and you have to take a detour.

Zhang Zhang touched his nose. There was a bit of humility in his words: "Ah, Lord Wen is graceful! There were 30,000 soldiers in Tuanshan Fort. There are 20,000 auxiliaries! Xia Guan also knew that it was also very difficult for the imperial court to deal with the huge military expenditure in Liaodong, so he calculated the amount according to 30,000 soldiers. Lord Wen, look—"

Zhang Zhang looked at Wen Tiren with blank eyes, and his eyes were full of "expectation": Lord Wen said that there was a discount, and Young Master Ben said that there was a six discount, hehe, Lord Wen would add more?

Wen Tiren frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he said two words: "Seven thousand." ”

Zhang Li's face suddenly became ugly, this Nima is still not enough!

Zhang Zhang turned his attention to Zhou Yanru, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, for help.

Zhou Yanru was also contemplative. After a while, Zhou Yanru's eyes narrowed slightly, and Yun said lightly: "Zhang Li, if the old man remembers correctly, Tuanshan Fort previously reported one hundred and sixty heads in the north and seven in the east, right?" ”

Zhang Zhang immediately replied aloud: "Exactly! The head is inspected by the eunuch Wang Gonggong, who is the master of ceremonies, and all of them are real slave heads! ”

Zhou Yanru stopped talking, which was equivalent to kicking the ball to Wen Tiren.

Yes, there are 160 heads in the north and seven in the east, which belong to the "great victory". With the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it was absolutely impossible for thousands of men and horses to fight such a victory in the field.

Wen Tiren frowned, the Ming army had never won a field battle in recent years, and now Zhou Yanru used his military exploits to help Zhang Li speak. It's hard to refute.

After all, the struggle of the imperial court is one thing, and the record of the army is another.

As strong as the nine-thousand-year-old Duke of Wei, for the affairs of Liaodong. I don't dare to be careless. The Emperor of the Apocalypse was an outstanding handicraft enthusiast and could say anything. It's hard to talk about the war.

It is strange to say that in the early years of the Apocalypse, when the Donglin Party called "Zhongzheng Yingchao". Shenyang is lost, Liaoyang is lost......

In the last years of the Apocalypse, when the so-called "power eunuch was in charge", Yuan Dudu played the "Ningjin Great Victory", and the wild boar Pinuer Ha hung up......

This Nima, who is loyal and who is traitor, it's really hard to say - it is not a good thing to estimate, if it is worse than anyone, I am afraid that Gonggong Wei is really not comparable to the Donglin Party.

Wen Tiren hesitated a little, there is a way to be fierce and dangerous, Wanli Tianqi Chongzhen Three Dynasties, there are countless ministers of the court who have planted and fought in Liao affairs. Liaodong is a big pit, and if you are not careful, you can fall into it!

After thinking about it repeatedly, Wen Tiren finally spoke again: "Since there are military merits, this official can't say anything." Let's just set an establishment of 15,000 people, and we must not add more! ”

Zhang Li let out a long breath, if it was a formation of fifteen thousand people, the current supply of the Tuanshan Army would be more than enough. Although military salaries will definitely be in arrears, the shortage of food and armaments sent to Liaodong is not particularly serious.

Zhou Yanru smiled slightly, sat on the Taishi chair and glanced at Zhang Li, and picked up the teacup.

Zhang Li understood and immediately said goodbye to the two auxiliary ministers and walked out of the cabinet room.

……

Song Yingxing only went from Jiangbei after the Spring Festival, his mother was extremely filial, and his mother was sick in bed before, how could he go?

After the Spring Festival, the old man gradually recovered, and Song Yingxing said goodbye to his mother and went all the way north.

After about a month's journey, Song Yingxing finally came to Xuanfu. He connected with the Tuanshan Army Wandering Guards in Zhangjiabao, and then made a detour to Duoyanwei and came to Tuanshan Fort.

In fact, Song Yingxing had been concerned about the news of the Ningyuan Weituan Mountain Fort where he went to work on the road, and later heard that Ningyuan Governor Zhang Zhang had been dismissed, and he was still very depressed.

Originally, Song Yingxing wanted to resign and go home, but a few days later, the news came that Zhang Zhang was reinstated as the Liaodong Patrol, and Song Yingxing was overjoyed, so he naturally decided to go to Tuanshan Fort to have a look.

If Tuanshan Fort really has a large workshop and a large number of craftsmen, it may be possible to make a career. Of course, Song Yingxing's career does not refer to his career, but to scientific and technological development.

Many of the scientific and technological inventions in "Heavenly Creations" are only found in drawings and have not been tested in practice. Song Yingxing admired Wang Yangming, the most powerful thinker of the Ming Dynasty, the concept of "unity of knowledge and action", and he hoped to integrate theory with practice and strive to make some achievements.

After coming to Tuanshan Fort, the group of civil officials in Tuanshan Fort led by Goximeng had great respect for Song Yingxing. One is that Master Zhang has repeatedly explained, and the other is that Song Yingxing's official position is the experience of Tuanshan Fort of the Seventh Grade, which is much bigger than the chief bookkeeper of the Ninth Grade.

The official positions experienced by the Song Dynasty were clerks under the officials, and the miscellaneous officials such as the chief bookkeeper were appointed by Master Zhang himself, and the judgment was made from a high level.

Of course, although the words of the tension in the Tuanshan Fort will definitely be better than the ministry in the future, but at present, the clerk's documents are more "justified".

For more than ten days, Song Yingxing carefully studied the agricultural affairs and fortifications of Tuanshan Fort, saw a lot and said little, and gradually gained a preliminary understanding of the various civil affairs of Tuanshan Fort.

Early in the morning, Song Yingxing came to the fertile fields on both sides of the Tuanshan River, today is the first day of spring sowing, as the biggest official in charge of civil affairs in Tuanshan Fort, he must be present.

After Song Yingxing took Goximeng and others to hold a ceremony to worship the sky, he announced that this year's spring plowing in Tuanshan Fort had officially begun.

At this moment, more than 10,000 acres of farmland on both sides of the Tuanshan River are in full swing, and Song Yingxing is taking his subordinates to look all the way, after all, if the court officials of Qipin appear in the eyes of the farmers, it is obvious that there is also the meaning of encouraging farming.

Song Yingxing stopped and stopped along the way, and was a little surprised by the enthusiasm of the people of Tuanshan Fort. Song Yingxing stopped at a small mound and said to Ge Ximeng beside him: "Master Ge, why are these farmers so energetic? Could it be that Lord Zhang gave them the land for free? Hmm, I think these people used to be homeless people, so they shouldn't be able to afford to buy land, right? ”

Through these observations, Gohimeng also has some understanding of the Song experience. The Song experience was different from that of the ordinary county magistrates of the Ming Dynasty - for example, Ning Yuanwei experienced Jiang Chenghai, and those people did not have the slightest interest in workshops and farms.

However, as soon as Song Shi came to Tuanshan Fort, he went to the Tuanshan Fort Workshop every day, and made major improvements to steelmaking and nitrate extraction.

Previously, the saltpeter of Tuanshan Fort was transported through the Zheng family's fleet, and now Song Shi came up with a "grass ash crystallization method", and I don't know what method was used, and the plant ash finally crystallized a very pure nitrate, which is purer than Japanese saltpeter.

It's just that there is no way to do sulfur now, and it is still transported by the Zheng family's fleet......

"Master Ge-"

Hearing Song Yingxing's call, Ge Ximeng immediately pulled back some of the thoughts of running horses, and hurriedly said solemnly: "Qi Song experience, Master Zhang's rule for the field is to hand over two percent of the harvest, and the rest of the excess is the farmer's own. ”

Song Yingxing's eyes lit up, and after thinking for a moment, he asked: "The fields are different, how can Master Zhang determine the harvest of two percent?" ”

Ge Ximeng smiled slightly, nodded, and explained: "Master Zhang divides the fields into upper, middle and lower grades, and each grade of fields has a standard yield per mu-"

After a pause, Ge Ximeng continued with palpitations: "For this standard yield per mu, Xiaguan and Wang Dianshi consulted countless old farmers, and finally settled on it. ”

Song Yingxing bowed slightly, and said slowly: "That is to say, if it is a hard-working and hard-working person, if it exceeds the standard yield per mu, it will only be paid according to the fixed output?" And people who are lazy and neglect to manage the fields are likely to hand over more than half of the harvest? ”

Gohimon nodded, "Exactly! ”

Song Yingxing thought for a moment, and then asked: "Now the Ming Dynasty has a lot of natural disasters, this year's Tuanshan Fort is fine, I checked and recorded that there was a snow disaster last year - if there is a natural disaster, the standard mu yield will be reduced, right?" ”

Ge Ximeng glanced at Song Yingxing and thought: This Song experience is really thoughtful, no wonder Master Zhang values him so much.

Gohimeng said: "If there is a natural disaster, the output will be reduced as appropriate - if the natural disaster is serious, Lord Zhang said that he does not have to pay a pound of food, and Tuanshan Fort is also responsible for relief!" Of course, these depend on the specific situation, and Lord Zhang has his own opinions......"

Song Yingxing couldn't stop nodding, it seems that this mountain fort is really a paradise!

The two continued to inspect, and the first day of spring plowing in Tuanshan Fort seemed to indicate that a great social change had sprouted...... (To be continued.) )