In fact, these rumors were spread by Yang An's people in the city, listening to Wang Wu's report, seeing that the situation was developing in the direction he expected, Yang Anzhong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, Yang An knew that the overall situation had been decided, as long as he was behind at that time, even if there were smart people in the crowd who saw through their sinister intentions, but after all, it was only a few, and under the overall situation, they couldn't make any waves.

It was not the time to leave Luoding, and Yang An understood that Luoding was still safe for the time being.

Yang An knew that after He Shangjiu's defeat, he thought that the Qing army that could control Chaoshan did not expect that Zheng Chenggong of Jinxia was also eyeing Chaoshan. When the Qing army besieged Chaozhou, Zheng Chenggong ordered his Beizhen general Chen Liu to lead his troops to help, after the defeat of He Shangjiu, Zheng Chenggong and other generals led the troops to enter Jieyang, which borders the capital of Chaozhou, and repeatedly invaded Chaozhou to collect grain, and there were two times when the troops approached Chaozhou, so that the two puppet kings of Guangzhou Ping and Jing, who had just returned to the north for summer vacation because of the Manchurian army, did not dare to use troops in the southwest, lest after Li Dingguo used troops in the southwest, the northeast would be taken by Zheng.

The Qing army in Guangdong could not fully control Guangdong, there was the Zheng family in the northeast, Li Dingguo in the southwest, and the coastal areas were Lian Chengbi, the governor of Guangdong in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the righteous teachers convened by the university scholar Guo Zhiqi. If there is no containment of these Ming forces, I am afraid that Yang An's men and horses will not be enough for the Qing army to see.

The Qing army in Guangdong should not come to attack Luoding on a large scale for the time being, so what Yang An wants to do most now is to build his men and horses into a strong army in a short period of time, a strong army that can win battles.

If you want to achieve this goal, it is not impossible for Yang An, this only requires the knowledge of one thing in Yang An's mind, an artifact that surpasses the current technology.

Yang An took Wang Wu and Zhao Si to find the scribe who was working in the yamen, it was an old man with gray hair, and when he saw Yang An coming over, the old scribe immediately asked Yang An in fear: "I've seen the adult, the things you want and the villain are ready." ”

Last night's overnight killing really frightened the old scribe, how could he have seen such a ruthless bandit as Yang An, and he didn't dare to slack off at all about what Yang An explained, for fear that Yang An would kill him with a knife.

"There are more than 40 blacksmith households in Luoding City, and the villain has gathered them in the yamen to wait for the adults to give lectures."

"Very well, lead the way."

Hearing Shangguan's appreciation, the old scribe's face was full of light, as if he had exuded a second spring, and hurriedly led the way for Yang An and the others in front.

The old scribe took Yang An to a courtyard, and more than forty men were already talking to each other in the courtyard, and when they saw Yang An and others, they immediately turned their eyes to Yang An at the front.

Seemed to be shocked by the fierce temperament and bright broadsword of Wang Wu and Zhao Si behind Yang An, the crowd fell silent, and after a while, a thin old man walked out of the crowd, who seemed to have some prestige in the crowd, and bowed to Yang An and said, "I don't know why the adults called me to come?" ”

Yang An smiled at everyone and said, "Don't worry, the official invited you to come this time to ask if anyone can make firearms." ”

The old man hesitated, and then replied to Yang An: "Lord Hui, this little old man can make firearms, but the quality of this firearms is not very good. ”

Seeing that there were people in this group of people who could make firearms, Yang An was suddenly pleasantly surprised, if there were skilled craftsmen, then he could save himself a lot of things.

Yang An excitedly stepped forward and grabbed the old man's hand, and asked excitedly, "I don't know what the old man's name is?" ”

The old man looked flattered, and hurriedly dodged and knelt down and replied: "Little Lao'er's real name is Zhang Wei, and he is the craftsman of the original Luoding City Foundry, but the Foundry has been abandoned for a long time, and Xiao Lao'er is now just a blacksmith in the city. ”

"There is still a casting office in this Luoding City? But why didn't any firearms such as muskets be found during the inventory of the arsenal? ”

Although he didn't understand why the general of the Ming Dynasty didn't know this well-known reason, Zhang Wei didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly explained: "The military funds for the manufacture of firearms originally allocated by the imperial court were all embezzled by the officers stationed in the city, so naturally there are no firearms to be manufactured." ”

Yang An was dumbfounded, the corruption in the Ming Dynasty was really too serious, but fortunately, these officials were corrupt, otherwise if there were firearms in the city, it would be even more difficult to fight them.

Yang An straightened his clothes, kindly helped up Zhang Wei, who was kneeling on the ground, and said to him: "This official wants to reopen the Shenji Battalion, and now I will promote you to be the chief steward of the casting institute, and the same treatment as the Qipin Zhi County, and remake firearms for our army." ”

Zhang Wei, who was helped up by Yang An, immediately knelt down after listening to Yang An's words, and said excitedly: "This ...... This, thanks to the cultivation of adults. ”

You must know that the craftsman is a lowly person, he can't be an official, and his social status is very low, but now Yang An has made him an official title equivalent to the county order, which is the smoke of the ancestors.

Everyone behind Zhang Wei also looked at Yang An excitedly, Zhang Wei can be an official, then it means that they can also be in the future, which can't help but make them not excited, they only hate why they didn't stand up just now.

Looking at everyone's eyes, Zhang Wei, who had just been appointed, immediately felt the crisis, his expression changed, and he gritted his teeth and said to Yang An: "Lord Yang, this cast has been abandoned for a long time, and the quality of the musket produced is not very good, and the musket does not play a big role in the war, far inferior to the bow and crossbow, how can this be good?" ”

Although he didn't want to explain these issues, Zhang Wei knew that he had to show sincerity so that Yang Angao could take a look at him.

"These are not problems, you come and see this."

Yang An put his hand into his arms, but actually took out a step of drawings from the different dimensions and handed them to Zhang Wei.

"It's ......"

Zhang Wei looked at the pages of exquisite pictures in his hand and the detailed introduction on them, his eyes couldn't help but widen, and his voice trembled and said: "This, this, it's simply an artifact!" ”

In fact, Yang An handed him nothing else, it was the production drawings of the flintlock musket.

But after looking at it for a while, Zhang Wei couldn't help frowning and said: "This musket is indeed an artifact, but if it is made with the current technology, the barrel is easy to heat, and it will explode, I am afraid that it will cause our own casualties at that time." ”

Talent! Yang An didn't expect that Zhang Wei could think of this question after looking closely at the drawing, but he had already prepared for this.