Xu Liang really didn't want to pay attention to Feng Min'er, but what Feng's mother said was also Feng Suqin's elder, for Feng Suqin's sake, Xu Liang called two Tsing Yi guards with a black face, and ordered them to send Feng Min'er and Feng's mother to Zhenyuan.

The two of them were sent away, and the good mood that had just heard Long Feng and Lu Yi express their loyalty was gone.

The next few days were busy, Pingliang had just recovered, and the aftermath after the war was complicated and detailed. First of all, the thieves who surrendered should be arranged, Xu Liang ordered Xing Zhongshan to select three or four thousand sturdy men to be included in the Liang army recruits, and most of the rest were assigned to Zhenyuan, Guyuan and Jingzhou Liang army bases to be responsible for Tuntian. The young women in the families of the thieves were rewarded in batches to the generals of the Liang army who had made meritorious contributions in the First World War. In addition, the pension of the Liang soldiers who were killed or disabled in the war was distributed in two pieces, the replacement of most of the vacant officials in the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefecture, and the appointment of the prefects and county officials of Chongxin and Pingliang County that had been recovered.

After Xu Liang decided not to kill Lu Yifa, he focused his attention on the replacement of officials in various places, and Xu Liang, a local dignitary such as Zhixian, did not have the right to decide, but he had the right to build. Xu Liang spent two days writing a long excerpt and sent it to the capital in an expedited manner of 800 miles.

According to Xu Liang's assumption, this time he has made such a great contribution, Emperor Chongzhen will inevitably fulfill his promise and help himself to the position of the prefect of Pingliang, and in addition, the appointment of officials who have built yì on the fold should also be realized.

It was sent out in late August, and until the beginning of September of the first year of Chongzhen, there was still no news of the appointment of officials in Pingliang Mansion by the imperial court. On the contrary, Ye Yanqing, the commander of Anton Zhongwei, heard that Pingliang had been recovered in Xi'an Mansion, so he brought more than 1,000 of his subordinates back to Pingliang Mansion with a shy face, and pretended to train on the surface of Anton Zhongwei.

On the afternoon of the day when Commander Ye returned to Pingliang, he took Huang Ziren, the commander and the same knowledge, to visit Xu Liang, the same knowledge of Pingliang. The implication of the words is that Andong Zhongwei will practice day and night, so as to contribute to the recovery of other counties in Pingliang Province in the future, and by the way, he will apply for some food and salary funds from Lord Tongzhi.

Pingliang Tongzhi Xu Liang expressed great appreciation for the determination of Commander Ye and Commander Huang to serve the court loyally, and rejected the matter of applying for food and salary funds.

Hmph, why didn't you even say hello when you ran in the first place. And now you still have the face to ask for money? What a shame! Besides, Anton Zhongwei's food and salary have always been directly under the responsibility of the Shaanxi Governor's Command Department and the Military Department, why should I, the Yamen of the Pingliang Prefect, be the head of this injustice?

Commander Ye and Commander Huang left with black faces.

Xu Liang waited for the court's reply in a hurry, so he planned to add another fire to the court, and made arrangements to calm down and calm the plain. After the defensive forces in Jingzhou and Chongxin were located, Xu Liang targeted Huating County.

Since the first battle of Chongxin, the team of thieves was divided, and the original big leader Wang Zuogui is rumored to have picked up a life and fled back to Zhuanglang County, and the rest of the departments also chose a few small county towns to occupy to guard. And Li Ting, the fourth lady who was originally ranked third, has surpassed Wang Zuogui and Shen Yikui in strength because of the relatively large number of soldiers, and occupies the throne of the first major thief team.

The gun shot the first bird, Xu Liang wanted to kill the fourth lady Li Ting's sharp spirit, in order to avenge her sneak attack on Zhenyuan County that day.

Everything was ready, and the artillery battalion owner Sima Qiudao also bought three artillery pieces from Pingliang City, plus the original five general cannons, and the number of artillery fires increased to eight. However, problems arise. Gunpowder is insufficient.

Xu Liang was surprised and deliberately asked Sima for the reason, only to know that gunpowder and other things were also prohibited in the Ming Dynasty, and they were not allowed to be manufactured and used. Most of the gunpowder in the official army came from one department, the gunpowder department of the military war bureau in the capital. However, the quantity of gunpowder produced by the Gunpowder Division is limited, and more than eighty percent of it is used in Liaodong, and only a handful are distributed to the northwest.

In the First World War, the artillery battalion used up all its stocks, and if it was necessary to use artillery again. It will not be implemented until the next batch of gunpowder arrives.

Xu Liang heard the truth clearly, and immediately scolded his mother angrily. He snorted and burst into flames. He asked about the preparation process of gunpowder.

This Sima Qiudao also knew something, and he closed the door. muttering for a while in Xu Liang's study, Xu Liang swept away the previous anger, and his face was happy.

Or is it the same sentence, without him Zheng Butcher, he still has to eat hairy pigs? Before Xu Liang crossed, the copycats that can be seen everywhere, Xu Liang boasted that he was born in a famous university majoring in chemical engineering, as long as he knew the preparation principle of gunpowder, and then imitated some gunpowder, wouldn't it be a piece of cake?

However, this matter is not urgent, and it is necessary to pay attention to secrecy to prevent leakage of rumors. Xu Liang specially instructed Sima Qiudao to choose a safe place first and make some preliminary preparations.

Sima Qiudao had been going to sea with the family's sea ship all day long, and he was even more enthusiastic about making gunpowder, and when he heard that Xu Liang had the idea of making gunpowder by himself, his face was flushed with excitement, and he sighed that he was not with the wrong person, and went down to arrange it diligently.

However, as soon as the shortage of gunpowder was delayed, Xu Liang's plan to attack Huating was also ruined. Without artillery support, Xu Liang ordered his Liang soldiers to dig the city wall of Huating County with their bare hands, and Xu Liang did not care about such a suicidal attack. In desperation, Xu Liang ordered Wan Wenshan to take the cavalry battalion that had been expanded to 3,000 cavalry to roam around the counties, and specifically pick out the lone thief team to fight, and the right to train the soldiers.

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, the reward for Xu Liang's recovery of Pingliang City has finally come down. In the yamen of the Pingliang Prefect's Mansion, Xu Liang was dumbfounded when he heard the edict that the eunuch read out the will of the reward.

Pingliang next to him, knowing Lu Yifa, saw that the blue-robed eunuch was still holding the yellow silk holy decree with both hands, waiting for Xu Liang to receive the decree, and hurriedly coughed lightly and called: "My lord, my lord? It's time for you to take the order. ”

Xu Liang came back to his senses, kowtowed to the north, and shouted calmly: "Weichen is grateful." He took the decree from the eunuch's hand again, smiled at the eunuch reluctantly, and said, "My father-in-law has come from afar, and he has worked hard all the way, so please take a break." ”

The eunuch who passed the decree also knew that Lord Xu was not in high spirits, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Lord Xu doesn't need it, our family still has to go to Guyuan Prefecture to pass the decree, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I will leave." ”

Seeing this, Xu Liang hurriedly took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his bosom and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand without a trace, and said: "In this case, the official will not be forced to stay, and the father-in-law will go slowly." ”

After sending off the eunuch, Xu Liang's face became gloomy, and the generals of the Liang army such as Lu Yifa and Dai Feng next to him came over to comfort something, Xu Liang waved his hand and said: "Don't come here, this official wants to be quiet." ”

After a while, Xu Liang sneered, took out the scroll of the holy decree and looked at it again, and sneered: "Emperor Chongzhen really looks up to me, I recovered Pingliang for him, and his men and horses have lost five or six thousand people, he is good, and it is just a matter of not fulfilling the original promise, such a great merit, and he will give Xu Liang a gift to Xu Liang with the background of Jinshi, and the reward of a thousand taels of silver will be over?" ”

is not the champion, with Xu Liang's current status, who is still rare in this identity of the same jinshi? The reward of a thousand silver taels is not enough even a fraction of the post-war pension!

Xu Liang was angry for a while, depressed for a while, helpless for a while, and funny for a while.

After a while, there was a knock at the door.

"Who?" Xu Liang shouted angrily.

"My lord, Xu Qianhu from the Jinyi Wei Xi'an Institute is here, waiting to see you in the second hall." Outside, a Tsing Yi guard carefully whispered.

Xu Changqing is here? Xu Liang hurriedly got up, straightened his clothes and hats, and opened the door to see Xu Changqing.

Xu Qianhu is a person of Jinyiwei, and he knows the movements of the court well, this time Xu Liang's credit is so great, but the reward is so low, and the cat is tired of asking Jinyiwei.

In the second hall of Pingliang Mansion, Xu Changqing was drinking tea absentmindedly, and when he saw Xu Liang coming in, he hurriedly got up and said, "Xiaguan Jinyi Wei Qianhu Xu Changqing has seen Lord Xu. Congratulations to Lord Xu for his miraculous achievements, and the addition of an official to the knighthood is just around the corner! ”

Xu Liang snorted lightly, waved his hand and signaled the guards of the second hall to step up their guards, not letting outsiders in, and went straight to the main seat to sit down, looked at Xu Changqing, and said angrily: "Xu is depressed now, why did Brother Xu come to see my jokes!" (To be continued)