The entire Iron Guard Battalion is based on the Song Army's structure, a battalion is 500 people, and there are nearly 200 extra people, Xiao Ming does not report it, and no one checks it anyway.

These iron guards are nominally Xiangyong, but in fact belong to Xiao Ming's private soldiers, so the equipment is very different from the officers and soldiers, in addition to the crossbow, each person has a waist knife, this knife is not the same as the official military system, the Song Dynasty military system only officers can be equipped with waist knives, the general soldiers are long weapons, spears and lances, knives are also Pu knives, and Xiao Ming's knife is a narrow knife, a bit like a Tang knife, a big handguard and long handle, can hold the knife in both hands, the piercing ability is strong, the knife body is slightly curved, but it is not like a Japanese knife, the material required for this knife is more strict, Therefore, Xiao Ming will experiment with the molten steel of the blast furnace, after decarburization and desulfurization, to create this kind of knife, the material used for the edge is excellent, grinding to the front, the edge is extremely fast, equipped with this knife of the strong man, the chopping ability is not worse than the Pu knife, but also with the function of stabbing, anyway, the inventory of the warehouse is empty, and those who like to use the Pu knife now have no equipment.

Then there is the protective armor, after mastering the proportion of carbon, the molten iron produced by the original iron furnace was made into a thin iron plate, beaten into a breastplate according to the proportion of the chest, and the back was tied with a belt, which can prevent arrows and knife cutting, and the weight is not heavy, after the cuirass was sent down, someone drew a tiger head on it, and it looked very powerful from a distance, and everyone followed suit, and finally Xiao Ming decided to paint the tiger head according to the custom when all the factories were made, so a group of iron guards wearing tiger head breastplates went to that station, it really looked majestic, With a murderous look on one's face! So the nickname of the Iron Guard of the Refinery changed again, and now it is called: "Tiger Head Iron Guard!" But Xiao Ming likes to call them: Tiger Guard.

The crossbow shooting technique practiced by the Iron Guard Battalion has a certain test of the fatigue of the steel plate, and Xiao Ming has developed a better elastic steel sheet, which is a spare piece, which can be replaced at any time, and the steel crossbow arm of the spare parts is not cheap, Xiao Ming is not stupid, the whole Black God crossbow is sold cheaply, but it makes money for spare parts.

Due to the expansion of the refinery, the production capacity is extremely high, the 1,500 black god crossbows ordered by the government have been delivered, plus the crossbow arrows, and finally the government ordered 500 pairs of crossbow arm accessories, 500 pairs, more than 2,500 taels of silver, and finally Xiao Ming gave Yang Zhen 20 newly improved crossbows, this business was operated by Yang Zhen from beginning to end, and it did earn face for Chen Luzhang, and the combat effectiveness of the Xiang army was greatly improved, Yang Zhen was also appreciated, and he was grateful to Xiao Ming.

The weather is getting colder and colder, it rains almost every day, the entire city of Hangzhou, the whole army is fighting, plus the rebels are blocked in Quzhou City, besieging the city for more than ten days, the losses are quite large, the news is coming, the morale of the officers and soldiers is high, although there are not many soldiers and horses, but it seems that the demon rebels are not very much in their eyes.

Gu's refinery, in the entire Xicheng area has been connected into a piece, the black chimney of the blast furnace, black smoke curling, red light shining every day, the factory tinkling non-stop, a hot in the sky, bleak wind and cold rain Hangzhou City, maybe the temperature here is not low, the craftsmen are busy, the training of the iron guard shouts are shocking, Xiao Ming is very satisfied with this phenomenon.

Xiao Ming took the time to go to the Cihui Zhishan Sutra Hall and found Ding Jianpeng, first, to see how his laboratory was prepared, and to discuss with him, under the current situation of war and chaos, whether the plan of the two of them is to make some adjustments, according to historical records, in the Fangla Rebellion, Hangzhou City was captured on December 29, which means that the Demon Sect Army will definitely come to attack Hangzhou City, under the troubled times, human life is like a mustard, and security is very important.

Ding Jianpeng has a lot of historical knowledge and research in this regard, he knows that the general direction of history will not change, some of these small changes, that are called small accidents, will not affect the general direction in general, although there is a butterfly wings, but this only exists under the partial probability, unless you disrupt the normal trajectory of historical development, but this impact will be very large, and the change of history will involve the change of characters, that is, due to the change of the development of history, then maybe your ancestors may not exist, What should have been dead didn't die, and what should have been alive died...... And so on, this is troublesome, without him, there will naturally be no you, and all the traces you leave behind will be erased by history, including you as a person!

Xiao Ming can't figure out this set of theories, and he doesn't have the heart to figure it out, he doesn't want to die in the future, and he doesn't want to die now, there are many problems in front of him, what problems to solve first, and long-term things are slowly trying to solve them afterwards, so he wants Ding Jianpeng to go out and avoid it.

Before Xiao Ming could say this idea, Ding Jianpeng said to Xiao Ming that he was going to go out recently and follow Master Jiming to find three scriptures, which were translated by the Tianzhu Kingdom of Mahmadha Cixian Sanzang "The Great Buddha Ding Dharani Sutra" a volume, "The Great Sutra of Seeking Dharani", "The Great Destruction of the Dharani Sutra" a volume, originally collected by the Buddha Seal Master, but after the Buddha Seal passed away, the three volumes of the Sutra were lost, Lingyin Temple is very concerned about these three volumes of scriptures, recently heard the news, Master Jihui sent his younger brother Ji Ming to find, Ding Jianpeng also wanted to go with him, he meant that he wanted to go to the mines, to find saltpeter mines.

Due to the unsatisfactory explosive strength of black powder, Ding Jianpeng has always wanted to make nitrification explosives, but the problem of nitrate cannot be solved, so what is used to make yellow explosives? Could it be that he goes to the latrine every day to collect natural crystalline nitrate, of course not, so he wants to take this opportunity to find it.

Xiao Ming thought about it, Ding Jianpeng was also equivalent to avoiding trouble and staying away from here, and he would come back when the chaos in Hangzhou had passed, anyway, the Nine Turns Linglong Pagoda couldn't run in this place, so it was agreed that after the chaos, Xiao Ming could go to Lingyin Temple to find Ding Jianpeng.

After coming back, Xiao Ming sat in the house and thought about things, did he also find a chance to leave Hangzhou City? But I'm leaving, what should I do with the big stall of the Gu family's refining workshop?

When he was struggling, Xiao Ming's little follower Xiao Liuzi knocked on the door and came in, Xiao Liuzi was an orphan, he was a young man from the original Gu's blacksmith shop, once next to the practice furnace, he fainted, and was woken up by Xiao Ming with a golden needle, this kid is very clever, that is, his body is weak, he was sent to the Iron Guard Camp for training for a period of time, he was full of food and drink and exercised, and now he is much stronger, and the crossbow arrows are very accurate, he was picked up by Xiao Ming two days ago and brought with him, after all, Xiao Ming is now a small military attaché, how can there be two guards or something, That's what Rowan said to Xiao Ming.

So Xiao Ming picked two people, one is Xiao Liuzi, and the other is a seventeen-year-old boy, who looks dark and stocky, but his name is Bai San, the black boy doesn't talk much, but he is very obedient, let him do what he does, never say anything, Xiao Ming is very satisfied.

"Sixth son, what's the matter?" Xiao Ming looked at Xiao Liuzi and asked.

"Archdeacon! There is an invitation, it is specially for you," Xiao Liuzi said, handing over a red satin invitation.

Xiao Ming didn't let others call him a ruler, and he still called himself according to the original archdeacon.

"Oh? Who sent the invitation? "Xiao Ming is a little interested, after the rise of the Gu family's refining workshop, there are few friends, and there are many hidden enemies who look red-eyed, who called you an upstart? This thing is indispensable everywhere, envy and jealousy, and in the end it is hate!

"Well, it's a high-ranking foreigner from Yongjinmen." Xiao Liuzi replied.

"Oh? That Uncle Gao of Dayun Rice Village? Xiao Ming opened the invitation casually with his mouth in his mouth.

What is written in the invitation is to invite the archdeacon of the Gu family refining workshop to the banquet, and the signature is really Gao Shubao, since Xiao Ming's official position is not mentioned, but it is stated that the archdeacon of the Gu family's refining workshop is in business, and it is inconvenient to indicate Xiao Ming's military attache rank, which is particular, it is a collusion between businessmen, and it has nothing to do with the government.

"Well, tonight, yes! Liuzi, call Bai San to drink with me at night," Xiao Ming said to Xiao Liuzi.

Suddenly, Xiao Ming asked, "Sixth son, what's your surname?" I forgot to ask you. ”

"Archdeacon, the sixth son has no surname, and I don't know what his surname is, so you can call me Little Sixth Son."

"Then how can it be done, there must always be a surname, you see Bai San, is it still surnamed Bai?" Xiao Ming always felt that calling Xiao Liuzi was like calling a little eunuch, uncomfortable, "That's it, you just forget the surname of Brother Gu, and you will be called Gu Xiaoliu in the future, what do you think?" ”

Xiao Liuzi thought for a while and said: "The shopkeeper Gu is very good, if he hadn't taken me in, Liuzi would have died a long time ago, so let's do what the archdeacon said, and I will be called Gu Xiaoliu in the future, so I will also have a surname!" Xiao Liuzi is very excited, he finally has a surname when he grows so big, and he doesn't lack anything more than others, he is happy and grateful to Xiao Ming.

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Universiade Rice Village is the largest grain business in Hangzhou, the shopkeeper has been operating the rice shop business of several large state capitals on Liangzhejiang Road, Gao Shubao's father has donated a term of idle office of the outsider, and now the business is bigger, outsiders still call the Gao family a member of the house, call him Gao Yuanwai, he is also very happy that others call him so.

Today, the shopkeepers and bosses of several well-known big businesses in Hangzhou are among them, such as Richanglong, Sun's Yinlou, Baoying Bookstore, Gu's Refinery, Shengchang Dabu Shop, Longshan Burning Workshop, etc., and these big shopkeepers and bosses have all agreed to go to the banquet, and Gao Shubao feels that he has a lot of face.

Xiao Ming met Richanglong's carriage at the door of the Gao Mansion, Su Caier actually came to the banquet, accompanied by Jie Zhicong, the carriage of the two families is the same, and the meeting is naturally very cordial, Xiao Ming walked over to greet him, but he was still strange in his heart, it stands to reason that Su Caier, as the big shopkeeper, is the daughter of this kind of occasion to send Jie Zhicong to come, why come in person?

Su Cai'er brought a big hat today, with a big black scarf hanging down her face, looking mysterious and noble, and a few agile guards beside her followed, Gao Shubao came to greet her in person, but Su Cai'er signaled to enter with Xiao Ming, and outsiders naturally knew that the relationship between the two families was not ordinary.

Xiao Ming has a lot of respect for Su Cai'er, half a position behind, but he still whispered the question in his heart to Su Cai'er, and he didn't know why Gao Shubao wanted to treat him today, he didn't know what the purpose was, and he also wanted to explore Ri Changlong's tone.

Su Caier smiled silently, but the Jiezhicong behind him solved his doubts, Richanglong has always wanted to intervene in the grain industry, in fact, the reason is very simple, the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas of Liangzhejiang Road are the main mulberry hemp production areas, the textile industry is developed, Richanglong basically controls the weaving industry here, and encourages farmers to plant a variety of mulberry hemp, mulberry hemp has become a cash crop, everyone goes to plant, of course, there is less food, so this place is short of grain, but there are many wealthy businessmen in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so a large number of people from Wuhu, Jiangxi, Huguang and other places transport grain over, of course Richanglong will not let go of this business, once control becomes a habit, then will not be willing to let others lead the nose away.

Dayun Rice Village is the partner that Richanglong has been seeking, but Gao Shubao is more conservative, and some places are unwilling to make too big concessions, and if the business wants to become bigger, it needs to seize some opportunities.

Xiao Ming thought, Richanglong is determined to control the food and clothing in the Jiangnan region and even the whole country, is this the initial stage of capitalism? Ri Changlong wants to take the ship of Dayun Mizhuang, maybe Gao Shubao also wants to take Ri Changlong's ship, just like the Gu family's refinery, whether it can be a win-win situation depends on the result of the game between the two sides, and the business acumen of these people in the Song Dynasty cannot be underestimated!

Gaofu's wine banquet is very high-grade and very magnificent, the table is very large, the dishes are very exquisite, and the wine is also good wine, but everyone has no heart to eat and drink, because no one knows why Gao Shubao invited guests, just waiting for him to tell everyone, everyone's entourage and guards have been arranged to eat and drink in the side hall, and there are a few shopkeepers of big businesses left in the lobby.

Gao Shubao slapped his face and laughed loudly: "You are all leaders in the business community of Hangzhou Prefecture, and you are really shining in my Gaofu today!" Gao is very honored, I am really grateful"

Everyone expressed their politeness, so Gao Shubao took the wine glass and toasted everyone, put down the glass, Gao Shubao said: "Actually, I invite you to come today to inform you of a new thing......!" ”

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