Wu Shigong didn't know that Wang Mi was doing some small actions over and over again behind his back. He was now scolding He Fei in front of a group of military attachés: "You group of eight lambs, how did you train soldiers?" The appearance of this soldier is not as good as the group of little dolls I watched Tao Xin practice a few days ago......"

This time, according to Wu Shigong's original order, the four armies outside each sent a team of 100 people to the camp for training, and in the confrontation training, the team of 100 troops that He Fei helped Yu Ji train won the penultimate place.

But you must know that the fortress of Qianhusuo and the militia have been training for a long time, and the training results are very good, which is as it should be. But Qian Qi dispersed and supplemented the two hundred bandits of Lei Ying, and their training results were not bad, that was the effect of Qian Qi's training of soldiers.

And the military households that He Fei trained, they should have been training for a while on the way to King Qin, and they all fought head-on with the Tartars. But after coming back, after so many months of training, those military households are still loose. It must be the result of those military attachés brought by He Fei not paying attention to training. How can this make Wu Shigong not angry?

After scolding, Wu Shigong pointed at He Fei and said, "You! dismissed, and the other military attaches who went were demoted by one level and their military salaries were deducted for two months. Come back, all of you, back to the pro-soldiers, and see how I you bunnies. ”

"Mikawa, you immediately go to the pro-army team and pick a dozen people to go to Guidewei. Hurry up and let those military households make up for the missing classes. Warn Yu Ji and them again, they just came over and don't understand the rules here, so the official will forgive them for the first time. And next time, the official will double the punishment. Yongzi, you don't want to stay in the fortress of Qianhusu all day long, but keep an eye on the other two armies in the Guide Mansion. ”

Wu Shigong angrily left behind the group of military attachés with pale faces, he had already made an appointment to go to Yang Goudan's relocated blacksmith workshop today.

Shumo on the side was cautious and persuaded: "Young master, you are also biedong." In fact, the soldiers trained by General Hejiang are also considered elite soldiers in the Ming army. ”

"Nonsense!" Wu Shigong immediately opened his mouth and shouted, "Why don't you compare those soldiers with the Holy Spirit Society? Our army is going to face the Tartars. And yourself, you can practice everything, everything is sparse, in addition to making a turtle shell, you can also fight for some face for the young master and me in other places, okay? ”

Shumo immediately shut up, feeling like he was being shot while lying down.

After a while, Deng Qifan also advised: "My lord, although students don't know how to train soldiers, they also know that when training soldiers, they should be relaxed. According to the students, there will be no major worries in the Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion in the near future, and the adult soldiers can still be raised. ”

To tell the truth, all of Wu Shigong's subordinates were a little puzzled by Wu Shigong's crazy grasp of the training of soldiers after he returned to Henan. They all think that they should not fight such a battle in the near future, and they all have official bodies, so they can relax. Especially Hefei and them, because without Wu Shigong's supervision, they are simply herding sheep.

Wu Shigong's attitude towards Deng Qifan could not be the same as that of Shumo, he sighed and explained: "Mr. Deng also read the Di Bao a few days ago. Although our territory in Henan is calm, Shanxi, which is separated by a river, is earth-shaking. ”

"The Shaanxi bandits have already formed thirty-six battalions in Shanxi, and they have recommended any kings, generals, and eight kings. It was twisted into a big shili. In case they come to Henan, if our soldiers don't practice haode, they may not even have time to cry at that time. ”

"Your Excellency is a little worried. Is the Yellow River so good? Besides, there are imperial army stationed on both sides of the Yellow River, and those Shaanxi bandits can't fly even if they have wings. Also, our Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion are in the southernmost part of Henan, even if those Shaanxi bandits cross the Yellow River, they don't know the Year of the Monkey when they come to us. ”

Wu Shigong shook his head, and then explained: "This Shaanxi bandit also crossed the Yellow River from Shaanxi to Shanxi. With the first time, you can't keep having a second time. Although we are in the southernmost part of Henan Province and Runing Province. But this official has been diligent once, and he can be regarded as having understood, except for the white pole soldiers of the official's godmother, the other Ming troops are reliable! ”

While speaking, Wu Shigong came to the blacksmith workshop. Yang Goudan had already taken those craftsmen and was waiting for Wu Shigong at the door. After Wu Shigong and his entourage arrived, accompanied by Yang Goudan, they briefly looked at the blacksmith workshop, and listened to Yang Goudan introduce the production situation.

Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan: "Are there any difficulties in the workshop now?" ”

"Nothing else, but now I'm busy with weapons and farm tools. There is a shortage of manpower, and there is also a shortage of iron. ”

"It's easy to handle the manpower, so you can go and choose among the people who build the big camp, and it's no problem to pick three or four hundred people. Also, don't always think about hiding your secrets, in the past few years, except for your apprentices, there are not many apprentices who have become craftsmen. This official knows what you think, the apprentice of the church, starve the master to death. However, the official told you that the official wants to promote some jishu among the craftsmen, and those who teach more apprentices will be promoted to master craftsmen, and the master craftsmen will get a high salary, and the official will also give them an official body, don't miss this opportunity! ”

"Alas!" Yang Goudan immediately smiled, for Yang Goudan and those craftsmen, having an official body is no longer a dream, but a final fantasy. Now that he has Wu Shigong's promise, Yang Goudan immediately felt his blood boiling.

"As for the matter of iron, the official will arrange for the people in the merchant to go to Nanyang Mansion once. Li Shoubei there is a relative of the official, and he always has a way to get a lot of cheap iron. ”

After inspecting the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with Yang Goudan. After the blacksmith workshop was relocated to Runing Mansion, under the management of Yang Goudan, the blacksmith workshop quickly returned to its original production capacity.

What's even more valuable is that in addition to busy building weapons and farm tools, the blacksmith workshop can also produce more than 100 firebolts and nearly 10 pairs of iron armor every month. Therefore, Wu Shigong gave all the craftsmen and apprentices of the blacksmith workshop a silver reward.

Before leaving, Wu Shigong and Yang Goudan talked alone, and Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan to make four more three-pound guns and develop a six-pound gun from now until the end of the year. In addition, the development of a twelve-pounder gun should also be strengthened.

Wu Shigong left Yang Rusong, the leader of his own soldiers, and gave him three days off. Wu Shigong learned from the inner house that Yang Goudan's wife had already found a family affair for Yang Rusong, and was waiting for Yang Rusong to go on a blind date during the holiday.

These days, Wu Shigong has also sorted out the civil affairs department. Deng Qifan, as Wu Shigong's chief staff, was in charge of Wu Shigong's study. Under the study, there is also an independent account room.

Wu Shigong also set up a civil affairs department, and the person in charge was Zheng Zhen, who mainly managed the affairs related to Tuntian.

As for the workshop, Wu Shigong still let the workshop operate independently, and there is a study room to solve any specific affairs. Originally, Wu Shigong wanted to establish a workshop division, but Wu Shigong could not find the person in charge of a workshop division. Yang Goudan, who is the most suitable for this position, is also because he is busy in the most important blacksmith workshop, and he will definitely not be able to get out of it for a while.

The store will be expanded into a trading house. The name was given to a very vulgar trading house from all over the world. When Yuan Xingshan comes back from Yangzhou, he will become the big shopkeeper of the commercial bank.

And Zhang Xuebin, as Wu Shigong's master, is mainly responsible for some officialdom. However, Wu Shigong wants to make this department independent, and he will also do some things in the future to make friends with the gentry and diplomacy. But now because there is only Zhang Xuebin, the establishment of this department has to be done slowly.

Wu Shigong also selected a child named He Taiyun from the earliest children who came to teach Wu Shigong and put him in charge of the Department of Education, mainly to teach soldiers and children to read and write.

The more free is Zhizhi, he took some doctors and Langzhong collected by Wu Shigong, as well as some of the apprentices of Zhizhi himself to teach medicine and the soldiers sent by Wu Shigong, and established a medical department.

However, intelligence did not become the head of the pharmaceutical department. He actually built a small temple on the hill next to the camp and practiced in it. And Wu Shigong's wives who believe in Buddhism also donated a lot of silver for the construction of this small temple. Regarding this situation, Wu Shigong could only shake his head with a wry smile.

In the process of the stalemate between Wu Shigong and the Yangzhou salt merchant Qi family, Wang Mi, the shopkeeper of the Qi family, was uncomfortable, but in fact, Wu Shigong was also very uncomfortable here. As his biggest source of income, Wu Shigong has not received a supply of salt here for months. And now, Wu Shigong's survival is about to run out. Wu Shigong was looking forward to Yuan Xingshan bringing him good news from Yangzhou.

Looking forward to the stars and the moon, Yuan Xingshan finally returned. But when Wu Shigong asked about Yuan Xingshan's situation, his expression was very strange, and he said a result that made Wu Shigong feel unbelievable.

Yuan Xingshan told Wu Shigong: After he arrived in Yangzhou this time, he met Lu Jianchen and Lu Jianyin, the head of the Lu family. They told Yuan Xingshan that the Lu family had been taken away from the salt in their hands, and was squeezed out of the circle of salt merchants, and could no longer provide salt goods to Wu Shigong. As for what caused the Lu family to be squeezed out of the salt business circle, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen did not say, and out of taboo, Yuan Xingshan did not ask.

However, now in the hands of the Lu family, there is a small salt farm and dozens of ships transporting salt, and the Lu family proposed to Yuan Xingshan that they would give the salt field and ship to Wu Shigong. Of course, Wu Shigong also has to meet several conditions of the Lu family. And what the conditions are, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen did not say.

However, because of the importance of the matter, the Lu family asked Wu Shigong to go to Yangzhou in person to have a detailed interview with Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen.

This kind of good thing that fell from the sky made Wu Shigong and them hesitate. Everyone knows that since the Lu family is willing to spend such a big price, the conditions proposed must be very difficult.

When he arrived in Zuihou, Wu Shigong resolutely made a decision and went to Yangzhou once. This victory or defeat is in danger, and if there is a bargain, it is not to take advantage of nothing. At most, when the time came, he found that he couldn't do it, and he just rejected the Lu family's conditions. This time he went to Yangzhou, Wu Shigong decided to bring some salt goods back no matter what.