"Ten thousand"

"Ten thousand? Isn't it too much? After all, the garrison of the entire Qingzhou Mansion is only about 10,000," Zhang Meng said with some worry, although it was called a volunteer army

"Since we want to do it, we will do it to the end, only our own strength is strong enough, even if others can't get used to us, then he will only be unaccustomed to it," Jiang Lan said

"Then do it, I'm going to recruit now" Zhang Meng didn't want anything else, anyway, just follow the adult.

"Also, select a hundred shrewd and capable ones from the current cavalry, and I will use them."

Zhang Meng knew that this was an adult who was going to form his own pro-army team.

Two days later, Zhang Meng took a hundred people to the Yamen, all of whom were shrewd and brave warriors selected from the ranks.

Jiang Lan looked at the one hundred and ten people in front of him, all of them were fierce and abnormal, and there was a fierce murderous aura in their eyes. Looking at these people, Jiang Lan nodded with satisfaction, and pointed to the armor equipment next to him, "Put these on, I'll take a look"

In the courtyard, a phalanx of 100 people, all of them with black helmets and black armor, all made of stainless steel, carrying slender Mo knives at their waists, carrying round shields, equipped with refined repeating crossbows, and fifty crossbow arrows per person, which is very powerful.

"My surname is Jiang, my name is Jiang Lan, from now on, you will be officially organized into my personal army, the moon rings a hundred taels, in the future, in your eyes, I am no longer in the Nanqin County Order, there is only one identity, that is, your master, no one can mobilize you except my order"

"I am willing to serve the dogs and horses for my lords, and I will not rest until I die," shouted everyone on one knee in unison.

Jiang Lan looked at everyone and pointed to one of them, a middle-aged man who was about thirty years old

"Sun Jian, I ordered you to be the captain of the pro-soldiers"

The man raised his head and looked at Jiang Lan in surprise, not surprised that he was appointed as the captain of the personal army, but surprised that Jiang Lan could call his name.

Jiang Lan said with a smile, "I know what it's called, everyone here is a meritorious person in this war, of course I will remember you."

Although Tiantai County is only a small county, everyone in this county regards Jiang Lan as a god, because it was Jiang Lan who led them from a skinny and dying homeless person to a Tiantai County person who lives a rich life and is the envy of the people in the surrounding neighboring counties. didn't expect Jiang Lan to be able to remember the names of each of them, and everyone secretly thought in their hearts that with such a boss, even death would be worth it.

After arranging the pro-soldier team, Jiang Lan came to the military workshop in the city, in a small room in the backyard of the military workshop, like a simple laboratory, large and small ceramic jars, in which charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter were placed.

Yes, this is Jiang Lan's laboratory, how can the people who have crossed over resist the temptation of explosives? In this era, there was no gunpowder yet.

In the last life, everyone often joked about a sentence "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, add some sugar Big Ivan"

But after several experiments, it is obvious that the proportion of raw materials does not meet the standard, and it can be fried, but the obvious power is not as great as a firecracker.

This time, Jiang Lan asked people to prepare a higher purity nitrate powder, ready to try again. Jiang Lan mixed the charcoal powder, sulfur powder, and saltpeter powder in proportion, mixed them evenly, and then took a little bit, and tried to use the red-hot charcoal to point it, only to hear a snort, the handful of mixture instantly ignited, and the sparks splashed everywhere, Jiang Lan suddenly felt that there was a play, and when he was about to try again, a small spark flew into the pile of gunpowder that had just been made next to him. "It's over" Jiang Lan thought in his heart, and hurriedly ran out of the door, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard a bang, and the pile of gunpowder exploded instantly, and directly blasted Jiang Lan out.

Li Muran, who was inspecting the soap workshop not far away, heard a loud noise in the military workshop behind him, so he hurriedly led people over there.

I saw that Jiang Lan, who was blown out, had a black face, but he didn't suffer any injuries, but his hair and eyebrows were burned off, and he lay on the ground, relieved for a while, and then laughed "It's done, it's finally done"

Li Muran, who rushed over when he heard the sound, was shocked by this scene, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Jiang Lan, "My lord, my lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Ah, what did you say?"

Jiang Lan asked loudly, he was so shocked by the explosion that his ears were ringing, and he saw that Li Muran in front of him was moving his mouth but couldn't hear the sound.

Seeing this, Li Muran didn't care about asking the reason, so he hurriedly arranged for someone to put out the fire, and then several people carried Jiang Lan back to the county office.

In the county office, Jiang Lan slowed down for a while, took a shower and changed his clothes, and then went to the front hall. Li Muran, Wang Yuan, and Zhang Meng in the front hall were all waiting anxiously, and they called Lang Zhong just now, looked at it, and said that the adults were fine, just rest for a while, but everyone was still very worried.

Seeing Jiang Lan come out, everyone hurriedly surrounded him, asking how it was and what happened.

Jiang Lan said that it was okay, but he kept grinning and smirking. When everyone saw this, they thought to themselves that the adults were stupid. Jiang Lan laughed to himself for a while, saw everyone's strange eyes, and hurriedly sorted out his expression. He said to Li Muran, "Write to Wei Cong, find a thing, shaped like bamboo, green or dark purple, solid, sweet, in the southern zone, there is a name called sugarcane, but it doesn't matter what the name is, just look for it according to what I described, and after finding it, how many or how much you want, all of it will be transported back to the rooftop."

Yes, Jiang Lan wants to make sugar, although there is sugar in this world now, but it is all caramel maltose, the price is extremely high, and the output is low, so rich and noble people can occasionally taste it.

What Jiang Lan wants is white sugar, and if the gunpowder experiment is completed, then white sugar will be bad. White sugar is still very important to people, whether it is killing people or saving people, even in Jiang Lan's original world, white sugar is a strategic material, and it is necessary to register to buy white sugar during war.

"My lord, is this sugar cane any use?" Li Muran asked while writing a letter according to Jiang Lan's instructions

"Of course, it's of great use, it can make us walk sideways in this world," Jiang Lan said with a smile and half-jokingly

"Also, increase the recruitment of blacksmiths, but where the wrought iron technology meets the requirements of fifty taels of the bottom, there is no cap, including other carpenters, masons, doctors and other skilled craftsmen in the industry, as long as they are all recruited by the best players in the industry, the more the merrier, and the salary and silver are of the same standard," the others were stunned, these craftsmen belonged to the ranks of the three religions and nine streams, and they were not treated well on weekdays.

"In addition, as long as the craftsmen who meet the requirements are hired, their families can give priority to work in the workshops in the city, and the houses built in the city can provide free housing.

"Why are you still stunned, don't move yet, find someone for Lao Tzu" Jiang Lan saw that everyone was staying still, and scolded with a smile.