Yue Fei naturally wouldn't let Liang Zhongshu go to Qilin Mountain, so he arranged for two brothers, Niu Gao and Tang Huai, to accompany him to return to the Daimyo's mansion.

The reason why Niu Gao was asked to go to the Daimyo's Mansion was because he wanted Niu Gao to ask for wages --- to save Liang Zhongshu.

The 30,000 taels of gold given by Mrs. Cai last time were for Yue Fei to refine and make up for the vitality consumed by Yue Fei's use of palm thunder, but neither side talked about the wages for saving people.

The emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, not to mention that people have been saved.

For this kind of unreliable money collection, Niu Gao is the best choice. Anyway, it is as much as you can receive, and letting Niu Gao mess around is often unexpected. And let Tang Huai accompany him just in case.

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After the battle of Guantao County, the cottage fund of Qilin Mountain was basically formed, which could support Yue Fei to implement his dream: to set up a private army, including a 3,000-strong hoplite regiment and a 1,000-strong hoplite cavalry regiment.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the most elite troops in the forbidden army of the imperial court were the four armies, that is, the four armies of "Hold the Sun, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei". Every five is a battalion, and the battalion commander makes the monthly salary 20 yuan, and the deputy commander makes 15 yuan of money; Every five battalions is an army, and the commander of the army is 50 yuan per month, and the deputy commander is 40 yuan;

According to Yue Fei's assumption, his team belongs to the elite of the elite, and the treatment cannot be lower than the highest standard of the imperial court, and the monthly food and salary expenses are estimated as follows:

The monthly salary of three thousand hoplites is three thousand times three equals nine thousand.

The moon of the thirty capitals is thirty times ten equal to three hundred.

The moon of the thirty vice-capitals is thirty times eight equal to two hundred and forty.

The monthly salary of the commander of the six battalions is six times twenty equal to one hundred and twenty.

The monthly salary of the six deputy battalion commanders is six times fifteen equal to ninety guan.

The monthly salary of the two army commanders is two times fifty equal to one hundred.

The monthly salary of the two deputy commanders is two times forty equal to eighty.

The total cost of the 3,000 hoplite regiments (including food, grass, clothing, etc.) was 12,000 per month.

The cost of 1,000 hoplites is similar to that of 3,000 hoplites, and it is 12,000 per month.

A total of 24,000 taels of silver per month, that is, 24,000 taels of silver, is an absolutely astronomical amount for a private armed man, and it is simply impossible to afford.

The previous funds of Qilin Village were funded by several large families in the village at the beginning, and at most it was dozens of yuan per month; After reuniting with Luan Tingyu, he suddenly had an extra seventy or eighty thousand yuan; Later, in Bianliang City, Kaifeng Prefecture, he deceived Xiaoliang Wang Chai Gui of 3,000 taels of gold, which was 30,000 yuan; Now, with Mrs. Cai's 300,000 yuan, the total fund has exceeded 400,000 copper coins, which is enough for Yue Fei to start implementing his dream.

After sending Liang Zhongshu away, Yue Fei, Zhou Tong and County Lord Li talked about this topic along the way.

The problem of funding is solved, and all that remains to be considered is the source of troops and weapons.

In terms of the source of soldiers: There are dozens of Zhuang Ding in Qilin Village, who were trained by Yue Fei, and their martial arts are good, but they lack combat experience, and there are not many of them, even if they add the dozens of brothers who follow Luan Tingyu in Qilin Mountain, it is useless.

As for the Daimyo's Mansion, Ma Rulong can also drag a few hundred people. But now that the Daimyo's Mansion has been newly defeated, Liang Zhongshu was frightened, so he naturally recruited people on a large scale to improve the treatment of soldiers. It is morally unjustifiable to dig people up at this time.

What Yue Fei longed for most was the loyal warriors of the Yang family. But as long as there is no change in Bianliang City, Tokyo, Yue Fei has no excuse to recruit the loyal soldiers of the Yang family.

Of course, it is also possible to recruit locally. However, large-scale private recruitment will attract some snooping from the government and bring trouble to the county lord Li; Second, the recruits basically have little combat effectiveness, and they train slowly and are time-consuming.

In this way, the five hundred elite soldiers sent by Master Dao became the only chance for the Yue family's army to become an army.

But the problem is that these 500 people are the elite of the elite selected from the 2 million army, and they have seen a big scene, and their martial arts are extraordinary. Whether or not they can be shocked and let them truly convince themselves and use them for their own use has become Yue Fei's top priority.

As for weapons, armor and other military equipment, there was no need for Yue Fei to worry about it at all.

First, there were two boats of ordnance from Xiaoliang Wang Chai Gui on the Bianhe River, which contained the equipment of a thousand elite soldiers.

The second is the inventory of many years on Liquan Mountain, a large number of fine iron, first-class forging craftsmen, you can create anything.

Thirdly, Master Li showed Yue Fei a lot of ordnance drawings, on which he drew a lot of offensive and defensive ordnance that Yue Fei had never seen. Yue Fei has two models that impress him the most:

One is a bed ballista that can be operated by a single person: the bed ballista of the Song Dynasty is equivalent to a cannon of a hot weapon, with a long range and great power. However, the average bed ballista is very cumbersome, at least four people need to operate, and it moves slowly; But this bed ballista in Master Li's drawings can be operated by a single person, which is easy to move, faster to launch, and undiminished in power.

One is the heavy shield: the general heavy shield is thick and solid, just used when defending against the opponent's heavy troops, it is inconvenient to move, and it is often discarded when attacking at full speed or emergency retreat, and this heavy shield in Li Jiangshi's drawings can be separated, carried on the body, and moved quickly, and the best thing is that it can launch hidden weapons on its own when defending, providing more tactical options for field warfare.

One of the most important reasons why the Jurchen Jin State was able to sweep away the Khitan Liao people was because the Jin State was far ahead in the use of military equipment. Whether it is a kidnapping horse or an iron floating slaughter, it is an inexplicable existence for the Liao State.

So when Yue Fei saw those drawings of Master Li, the ecstasy in his heart could not be described at all.

Since the people have such exquisite equipment, why is it not used in the army of the Great Song Dynasty?

Yue Fei also once asked Craftsman Li this question.

Master Li replied simply: "I will only leave these things to my son or apprentice, and I will not give them to the public." Besides, even if you give it to the public, the court will not reward you, so why bother. ”

Indeed, the Song Dynasty forbade the private forging of weapons by the people, and incorporated the forging of weapons and even ordinary iron tools into the official camp, which not only interrupted the development of the steel forging technology of the Han nationality in the Central Plains, but also drowned out the inheritance of a considerable number of military equipment.

At the time of Song Zhenzong, the army of the Great Song Dynasty was also equipped with a very accurate bed ballista, and shot Xiao Tzulan, the commander of the Liao State, from a distance of more than a thousand steps, thus contributing to the signing of the Yuanyuan Alliance, and a hundred years later, Song Huizong could no longer find a bed ballista with such range and accuracy.

Of course, what made Yue Fei's heart flutter the most was the firearm that Zhou Dong brought back from Huashan. These Taoist firearms and gunpowder are more powerful than the fire gourd of the leopard head Lin Chong: there are rockets that can be loaded on arrows to launch, there are fire dragons that are launched through long barrels, and so on. Let Yue Fei be dizzy and dazzled.

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