It took a day and a half, Yang Meng and Wei Wu sifted through the scholars in western Yunnan, and wiped out more than a dozen unusable ones, and Yang Meng did not treat these people badly, and one of them gave five taels of silver to do what they should do.

The rest were all placed in Minghu Academy, and their families were also placed in the nearby school fields, and with these hands, the craftsmen of the academy were allowed to build simple thatched huts and bamboo buildings with them, and they would live for the time being.

Before leaving, Wei Wu also made a special request, let Yang Meng collect some books, these are the missionaries of previous generations, the first is Tang Ruowang, his book "Firearms Essentials" and "Kanyu Gezhi" must be obtained, the former is the key to firearms, the latter is the key to minerals, although these are now of little practical value, but can be used as a reference, to test the results of the translation library.

Some of the writings of Matteo Ricci and Nan Huairen are also among them, some of these things are used in Yunnan, and some are to appease those foreigners.

Most of these things are hidden in the hands of the imperial court, and if he wants to get these things, Wei Wu doesn't have much hope, and if he wants the imperial court to let go, the strength of the Yang family is not enough.

But these are simple for Yang Meng, it is definitely not possible to do it yourself, but you can hand over this task to your father-in-law Pan Shicheng, that is the right way, Lao Pan introduced Western studies in Guangzhou, just these books, you can make a reference, the last excerpt of the name, there should be no trouble in the imperial court, in response to Wei Wu's request, Yang Meng rushed back to Yiliang Manor, where there are still 8,000 people in the epidemic prevention camp, waiting for his own training!

The buying and selling of clouds and smoke and the purchase of a large number of arms will soon expose themselves to the eyes of the great powers, just by taking advantage of the fact that the one hundred and ten foreign devils are still in the manor, let them see their strength.

Exposing his strength to foreign devils, Yang Meng is not afraid at all, in order to save his eldest brother, he walked the path of foreigners, but they don't even have the qualifications to enter the governor's mansion, no matter how nonsense these foreign devils talk about, the court should not believe it.

The number of eight or nine thousand people in the epidemic prevention camp is recognized by the Governor's Office, and now the epidemic situation in Yunnan Province has not yet dissipated, and the eight or nine thousand people are also somewhat stretched thin by the blockade of Yunnan Province and the supervision and assistance of various prefectures and counties in epidemic prevention.

Yang Meng also wanted to take the opportunity to expand the army, but He Changling refused, although the eight or nine thousand people in the epidemic prevention camp are people's strong, but the number is a bit much, and there are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in a town in a dangerous military situation, and there are only one or two thousand soldiers and horses in a town in Yunnan.

The position of the chief soldier, He Changling cannot be promised to Yang Meng, even if he is promised, Yang Meng will not accept it, the military general has the position of the chief soldier, there are rules for the post, and he cannot serve within 500 miles of his hometown, nor can he directly lead the troops, this is the law, and if he crosses this line, it is basically equivalent to rebellion!

This handle is now a mortal danger, and it is easy to cross the line, but it is not without a solution, it is enough to turn it into a civilian regiment, the epidemic prevention battalion is a regular army with an establishment, and the militia is different, it is a very casual thing, isn't Shen Jucheng clamoring for tens of thousands of regiments to be brave? After the epidemic prevention camp is practiced, Yang Meng will also come to practice tens of thousands of bravery.

After returning to Yiliang Manor, Yang Meng found an unrealistic problem, the valley behind the manor could not be stationed with no less than 8,000 people, even if he was barely stationed, once he started training, he couldn't hide the momentum at all.

The Yang family manor is on the main road in and out of Yiliang, and such a blatant training of soldiers is not what Yang Meng wants.

The valley created for the Minghu Translation Library is a good place for military training, but in this way, the Minghu Translation Library needs to choose another location.

These eight or nine thousand people must be expelled as soon as possible, otherwise so many people will gather in the manor, and they will be afraid that someone will stab them.

"Find Wei Huozi to come over, and send someone to Minghu Academy to find Jiang Shuxian."

The commander of the epidemic prevention battalion, Yang Meng chose Wei Huozi, although he is not very literate, but he still has a set of training, at least the manpower he trained is loyal.

Wei Huozi's age is not very old, he is in his early thirties, plus the ability of that body, it is definitely not a problem to exert twenty years of strength, the epidemic prevention battalion is now the largest force in Yang Meng's hands, and there must be no problems in the commander.

"Third Master!"

The beautiful Wei camel trotted all the way over, and followed the third master himself to the sky, a team of more than 8,000 people, and the Yang family itself is definitely the only one.

"In the epidemic prevention camp, some young people who joined later, those who have families, select five hundred, leave them in the manor, find a few reliable people, train according to the way of knife hands, and the rest are selected eight thousand positives, and do things well before tonight.

That's right! The men I arranged for you not to stay at the manor, but let them leave together tonight. ”

I have to bring my uncles and brothers, this is the first time to form an army, these descendants of the Yang family must not be left behind, otherwise those uncles will not agree.

"Order!"

Wei Huozi gave a respectful look, and retreated, finishing the rectification of 8,000 people before dark, it was not a simple matter, the third master ordered for the first time, and he couldn't do it again.

I wanted to go back to my yard to rest, but it was lively inside. The inside is full of heads, and they are all dressed up by mountain women, looking at the guys they hold in their hands, they are all Miao knives, flat-headed knives and the like, it seems that these are the female soldiers that they asked Tang Youwu to find, but how did they get to their own yard?

"Mei Yi, is this knife going to be cut like this?"

Lian'er's soft and glutinous voice came out, hey! Except for this little girl, who else dares to be so unruly in Zhuangzi?

"Hmmm......"

Yang was angry and coughed violently, and the courtyard immediately became quiet.

After a while, Lian'er, dressed as a mountain girl, poked out half of her head from the crack in the door.

"Master! You're back, I thought you were going to live in Kunming again! You're not busy? If you lack anything, I'll let Mei Yi send it to you. ”

This is to be closed doors! Yang Meng didn't break it, looked at the delicate Lian'er, smiled and said:

"You're good-looking, good-looking! Later, you can ask Mei Yi to bring me your shoes, your little feet are inconvenient to walk, I will ask the cobbler to make you a good pair of shoes, so that if you want to travel, it will be more convenient.

I have a lot of things to do in the past few days, I'm afraid it's rare to come back, I asked Taichen to open a horse farm and build a bamboo building for you in the back, when you usually have nothing to do, just go over and ride a Dian horse, remember! The horse must be meek, don't fall, I'll let Mei take care of you.

Of course, if you don't want to ride a horse, you can do something else, don't go out of Zhuangzi at will, even if you want to go out, let people know me, I'm there at Minghu Academy recently.

And also! Remember the habits I taught you, you must wash your hands frequently when you go in and out of the yard. Take a few baths, usually eat more medicinal food, the epidemic situation in Yunnan Province is not settled, and people should not have more contact.

Later, let Mei Yi send me a robe, I have an urgent matter tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back, let Mei Yi accompany you at night, don't sleep alone in the house. ”

This little girl is cute, Yang Meng instructed, and then turned to leave.

"Master! Why don't you come in and take a look, great. Love! ”

The soft and glutinous voice, with a pair of crescent moons, is tempting, this little girl! also played the desire to catch the old indulgence.

"It's good! Wei Huozi has something to do over there, just let him wait! These days, I've been thinking about Lian'er a little too! ”

"Uh...... Master, it's important to get down to business, let Mei Yi send you the robe later. ”

Lian'er's little girl, who is also clever, almost smashed the thing in her hand, and can still push it out, it's not easy.

"Hmmm! Let her hurry up, I have limited time, so I'll go first. ”

Ignore the patting small. Chest. Lotus Child, Yang Meng left the courtyard quickly.

After a while, Tang Youwu chased after him, holding a few robes in his hand, Yang Meng grabbed one casually, and ordered:

"Mei Yi, Lian'er doesn't know the severity, you have to watch her, don't let her do something unreliable. There is also epidemic prevention, which must be done well, and people who are sick and crooked, don't take them with you. Bring me the shoes, and you will come with me, and I will give you some swords. ”

The big brother Yang Yong was trapped in Guangzhou, and he got a batch of brand-new foreign swords, as well as a large number of old goods, most of which came from England; The foreign guns were also old goods, most of them from Millican, and the brown beth was the majority.

Thousands of foreign swords and swords cost a lot of money, nearly thirty taels of silver each, and the old goods are also around fifteen taels, which is much cheaper than swords and foreign guns, and the price given by Milican is right, a brown bess is about ten taels of silver, and the guns and bullets are counted.

These things, Yang Meng's estimation is doubled, but even so, England is still very cautious about the trade of firearms, but only sold sporadic old goods and scrap, swords or something are open to supply, this English people are **!

Millican is different, not only is there enough supply, but the price is fair, but the merchant's power is too small, it is difficult to get too many firearms, and the price of their swords is lower than that of England, the new sword is about twenty taels, and the old one is seven or eight taels.

The muskets and swords brought back, plus the first musket, were enough to form a musket team of more than 1,000 people, and the 8,000 people armed with swords were also rich.

Some of the German bayonets I got at the beginning were light and sharp, but they were a little longer, and they were suitable as weapons for female soldiers, so I got a few good knives and played with Lian'er and Tang Meiyi, so that they could enhance their relationship with these female soldiers, and their families needed to protect them, and these female soldiers were suitable.

found his own housekeeper Ding Taichen, Yang Meng drew a drawing, asked him to hand it over to the shoe factory, make a few pairs of light foot protection boots for Lian'er, and arrange the things of the horse farm to him, the space in the yard is too small, the air is not circulated, it is easy to transmit diseases, and the current medical conditions are too poor, so it is very important to do a good job of protection.

When he arrived at the warehouse in Wuzhuang, Yang Meng found a few different boxes, which were all good things, high-quality swords made by foreigners. Just these boxes of things, cost tens of thousands of silver dollars, and they were full of fine products inlaid with gold and silver or ivory accessories, according to the steward of the horse gang, many of the things in them were made according to the needs of the royal family, but these styles were not sold well in the Qing Dynasty, which made the Yang family caravan cheaper.

"You pick! Look at which ones to take and which ones to take, remember! These swords are sharp, if they don't work, they will be dulled and then handed over to Lian'er, you are a sister, you must take good care of Lian'er, that little Nizi is also a good person, she will not embarrass you, if she embarrasses you, don't argue with her, go back and tell me, I'll clean up that Nizi. ”

For his own woman, Yang Meng wants to have a bowl of water, but the world is like this, his wrist strength can't fight the world, so he can only wronged Tang You.

"Third master, Madame treats me very well, don't bother, it's cold at night, be careful not to get cold."

Tang Meiyi didn't rush to choose a sword, first straightened out Yang Meng's clothes and ornaments, and then turned her eyes to the wooden box.

"Take a few more, you are playing with a knife, although this knife is sharp, but afraid of the pass, with the pass this knife is easy to break, I am not used to these things, you try to choose, as long as you like it."

These golden swords, Yang Meng doesn't plan to distribute them, this thing is conspicuous, it is no different from a flag in his hand, and he takes it like this on the battlefield. Sassy things, I'm afraid that I'll die quickly.

After sending Tang Youwu away, Yang Meng didn't have anything to do, so he paced slowly to the racecourse, packed up his BMW, and enhanced some feelings, so there was nothing to do.

The yard can't go back, so he can only go to the training ground in the back, and he still moves forward slowly when he gets on the BMW.

Selecting people and preparing to travel, Wei Huozi was busy selecting troops, and these people lost their shackles, and the entire training ground seemed a little messy.

As soon as Yang Meng, who was riding a tall horse, arrived, the entire training ground quieted down after a few breaths.

Yang Meng's prestige among these eight or nine thousand people is piled up with heads and silver, and each of them is practiced by Yang Meng himself, and Yang Meng is better than any rules in the eyes of these people.

Riding on the horse and pacing slowly, Yang Meng circled around these people, none of them were successful, and when he saw that his breathing was irregular, these people lacked practice!

"Forgot what you learned in the epidemic prevention camp? You are now soldiers! It's no longer a splashy **, a ruffian! Stand, have to have a stand! Be quiet, have a quiet look! Chaos, there must also be a chaotic appearance!

Among you! I choose eight thousand! Eight thousand people must be in the same breath, and they can't be like such bears! To be like an arm, a thousand people are like one! ”

Speaking of which, Yang Meng also played a trick, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the Hequ Jian horse under the seat, "sigh the law and ......" and stood up with a roar, and the person and horse in the center of the training ground were like gods descending to earth. This scene can leave an impression on everyone in this training ground that will not be erased for a lifetime.

And looking at the lively foreign devils in the training ground, there are a few changes in their faces, from Yang Meng's entry into the field to his intimidation of everyone on the training ground, they have seen a complete picture, and it is not a good thing for them that such a character has appeared in the decaying empire.