At the end of April of the first year of Xianping, the blacksmiths built their own stoves one by one and began mass production of bayonets. After the first batch of 1,000 bayonets was produced, Yang Peng equipped the bayonets with the selection regiment. On this day, the catkins were flying on the training ground of Tianjing New Town, and the April sun was warm on people's bodies, which made people feel very comfortable. Yang Peng stood on the training ground in his thin clothes in early summer, watching the soldiers of the 1,000 Elective Front Regiment practice bayonets. wear

"Thorn!" "Thorn!"

Under the orders of the various platoon commanders, 1,000 soldiers raised their guns one after another. I saw a flash of swords, and a thousand bayonets rushed forward in unison, bringing out a terrifying murderous aura.

"Cut!" "Cut!"

The soldiers swung their spears and slashed from above, and it was another blade. It was the enemy who broke through the musket array and rushed to him, and Yang Peng's musketeers could also fight.

The soldiers grabbed their rifles and practiced the simple chopping and stabbing again and again until they were mastered. Now Yang Peng has more than 11,000 soldiers, of which 8,700 are musketeers, who are respectively formed into the Selective Forward Regiment and the Broken Prisoner Regiment. The other 300 people were machine crossbowmen, known as the Thunder Battalion by Yang Peng, responsible for operating a hundred strong crossbows - in the battle of Yanshan County, Yang Peng found that three people operated a machine crossbow or there was a lack of manpower, so it was changed to six people to operate a machine crossbow.

The two regiments and a strong crossbow barracks combined to form a division, called the Huben Division, with Zhang Xiang as the division commander. Of course, Zhang Xiang also served as the head of the selection team.

But in this way, no one will operate the city defense crossbow. Yang Peng planned to let the veterans of the machine crossbow battalion be the backbone of the city strong crossbow, and then he would recruit another 130 recruits to join the thunder battalion and the city defense strong crossbow team.

In early May, Yang Peng set up a tent for physical examination in Tianjing New Town and recruited another 130 crossbowmen. In addition to the soldiers, Yang Peng's Tianjing New Town also has 400 regular soldiers, and the security and management teams of Tianjing New Town under him have a total of 450 regular soldiers. The salaries of these 850 regular soldiers should have been 1,700 taels per month. Because of the security of Tianjing New Town. Yang Peng paid them the same as the soldiers of the Pioneer Regiment.

The soldiers recruited from Cangzhou in Tianjing New City were used by Yang Peng as armed police and soldiers defending the city. Yang Peng had the silver at this time, so according to the standard of two taels of silver per person, he recruited another 129 sturdy regular soldiers, forming a total of 165 regular soldiers, which served as auxiliaries to defend the city wall, stand guard and patrol the city.

Of course, in line with the principle of making the best use of people, Yang Peng also formulated high-intensity training tasks for this team, so he also provided three meals with meat. Such food costs one or two hundred cents per person per month. Now there are many industries in Yang Peng, and this bit of silver can afford it. Yang Peng has ten restaurants in Tianjing New Town, and all the kitchen utensils in Tianjing New Town are also owned by Yang Peng's factory. Fortunately, there are no landlords and heroes here in Tianjing New Town, and the management is much better, and there is no rich second generation to make trouble here.

In mid-May, Cai Huaishui got married. Cai Huaishui took out a loan to buy a luxury villa in Tianjing New Town, and the wedding was held in his luxury villa. The bride is Cui'er, who was born very smart. Cai Huaishui is twenty-one years old this year, and according to the standards of the Great Song Dynasty, he married late. The woman is only fifteen years old this year, six years younger than Cai Huaishui.

That is, Cai Huaishui is now a senior manager, so he can marry such a young and beautiful girl. Cai Huaishui is a lively personality and is good at human feelings. On the day of the wedding, Cai Huaishui went to pick up the bride early, and then left the bride in the new house, standing at the door of his own courtyard to greet the guests who came to the banquet. Most of the people who came to Cai Huaishui's wedding were Yang Peng's senior managers, officers of the selection regiment and the detaining regiment, and senior officials in the official hall. These people are all well-known figures in Tianjing New Town, and Cai Huaishui greeted them one by one and was very enthusiastic.

When it was time to arrive, Yang Peng traveled lightly and came to the door of Cai Huaishui's house with two guards. Cai Huaishui was very happy to see Yang Peng coming, and walked up and said, "City Lord! You're here in person! Yang Peng smiled: "How can I not come when you get married!" Cai Huaishui placed the wedding banquet in the main hall and courtyard, with three tables in the main hall and four tables outside, which were arranged in an orderly manner. Yang Peng, of course, sat at the main table in the center of the hall. Zhang Xiang, Zhan Jinguo, Duan Zhixian and other military officers, Zheng Yuan, Li Dao and other senior executives, Zheng Hui and other senior officials also sat at the main table with Yang Peng.

As soon as Yang Peng arrived, Cai Huaishui let the wedding banquet begin. Everyone was a little hungry at this time, and it was not lively to eat vegetables and meat. After eating for a while, Cai Huaishui stood up and saluted Yang Peng with a glass of wine. "City Lord! Thanks to you, I, Cai Huaishui, can marry a wife today, and it is the luck of the Cai family to have such a friend as the city lord! Cai Huaishui will always be grateful to you! Subordinates toast you! ”

Yang Peng saw that Cai Huaishui's words were still so good, he raised his wine glass with a smile and drank all the Bianjing wine in the cup in one gulp. The officers and executives present were very moved when they saw Yang Peng toasting his subordinates so crisply. It's really not easy to find a gentle Shangguan these days, not to mention that this Shangguan is so capable, so that the subordinates who follow him have a bright future!

After Cai Huaishui finished drinking, Zhan Jinguo stood up and said, "Big brother! I'll toast you too. I occupy the country of gold today, and it all depends on the eldest brother alone! The admiration for Yang Peng in Zhanjin Guohua is overflowing, and it is obvious that he is very proud of the achievements of the city lord today. However, when they heard Zhan Jinguo's last words, everyone burst into laughter, as if they had heard an impossible thing. After speaking, Zhan Jinguo drank all the wine in the wine glass. Yang Peng saw that this younger brother was heroic, and he could only drink the soju in the glass.

After Zhan Jinguo finished toasting, Zhang Xiang stood up and said very excitedly: "City Lord, I toast you." If it weren't for the city lord, I Zhang Xiang wouldn't be able to eat, and I would be hungry and full, maybe I would really go to be a bandit. I don't know if I can survive the winter before last! City Lord, you are my reborn parents! Zhang Xiang can only repay you with a lifetime of charging into battle! ”

After saying this, Zhang Xiang raised his head excitedly and finished drinking. Seeing that Zhang Xiang was still so grateful, Yang Peng smiled and drank another glass. Zhou Dayong, the commander of the second battalion of the Xuanfeng Regiment, stood up at this time, he was always arrogant and not good at words, but at this time he just said loudly: "My lord! I, Zhou Dayong, also thank you for giving me such a good errand! I toast you! ”

After drinking three glasses of wine in a row, Yang Peng's face was already a little red, and he said: "Today is Cai Huaishui's marriage, why do you come to respect me?" Zhou Dayong didn't dare to persuade him to drink anymore when he heard this, he was a little embarrassed to stand there with a wine glass, and he could only sit down. Yang Peng waited for him to sit down, and drank the wine in the wine glass with his head up. Seeing this, Zhou Dayong quickly stood up again, raised his head and drank the soju in his hand.

After Yang Peng drank this cup, Duan Zhixian, Xiang Danian and others also came up to toast, but Yang Peng didn't give them a chance. He stood up and said loudly, "Don't respect me, I'll drink high if I drink any more." Come, let's toast the groom together! ”

Everyone at the main table stood up, raised their glasses and said to Cai Huaishui: "We toast the groom!" Cai Huaishui quickly stood up and said to Yang Peng: "Subordinates don't dare to be!" After saying this, Cai Huaishui raised his head and drank the wine in the wine glass.

Zhao Laosan is a wooden person who has been working for ten years. He is 27 years old this year, and his family is poor and has never married. He used to work long hours in the rich Ai family in Yanshan County, but he was too poor. Zhao Laosan secretly said that it was not possible to go on like this, so at the beginning of this year, Baba begged Zhao Le, the owner of the pig seller, to take him in and became a pig dealer. Although there is only one or two taels of silver a month, it is much better than working long hours, at least this month's money can allow Zhao Laosan to buy rice and noodles and eat full.

To sell pigs, you have to go to the towns and villages to buy the fat pigs raised by the farmers, bargain, and then drive the pigs to the butcher's house in the market. Of course, some wooden Zhao Laosan does not need to bargain with others, he has the lowest status among a pig dealer, and is only responsible for catching pigs and driving pigs to the butcher's house.

This month, Zhao Le, the proprietor, said that he received a big business order, saying that the director of the restaurant in Tianjing New Town had bought five pigs a day with him. The proprietor, Zhao Le, was very happy, because the trading of Tianjing New Town was stable, and the price given was fair, unlike those tricky butchers with black hearts - those butchers were not good at stubble, and they would bargain to death when they saw that your pig had arrived. The proprietor said that five pigs were sold to the manager of Tianjing New Town Restaurant every day, and they could earn an extra two taels of silver every month.

Tianjing New Town is quite far away, more than forty miles away from Zhao Laosan's village, but the owner is obviously willing to walk more than ten miles. The owner's words made Zhao Laosan muttered a little in his heart. Zhao Laosan had been to Beijing New Town that day, and he passed by two years ago, wasn't it just a small earthen enclosure? There is a one-man high earthen wall outside the village to prevent wolves, and there are three or four hundred people living inside. Those adobe houses that all live in the same as Zhao Laosan, when did they live such a good life? Killing five pigs a day? At that time, it was Yang Peng, where they had just started,

But no matter what, the owner is happy, and Zhao Laosan naturally follows suit. Isn't this chaotic year just a bowl of rice? If the owner has money to make, his job is guaranteed. The proprietor is very attentive to the trading of Tianjing New Town and cannot afford to lose. A few days ago, the owner took a few veterans to drive pigs to Tianjing New Town. Today, an old helper was sick, and the owner asked Zhao Laosan to drive the pigs. It was still dark, so Zhao Laosan rushed to the Hu family's set, where he found the owner who bought pigs with the farmers. The four of them caught five pigs and walked towards Tianjing New Town with bamboo whips. Zhao Laosan knew that the owner valued this business and was careful all the way.

Halfway through, it was dawn, and Zhao Laosan said worriedly: "Owner, I'm afraid it's going to be late today!" The proprietor said loudly: "It's okay, the helpers of Tianjing New Town only eat meat at noon, and they eat eggs in the morning!" Zhao Laosan was stunned when he heard this, eat meat at noon and eggs in the morning, this is a helper? Even the rich man in his village, the head of the Ai family, doesn't have such a luxurious day! The Ai family has more than 200 acres of dry land and five tenant farmers, which is not as good as the helpers in Tianjing New Town? Are these helpers all masters? Eat so well!

Zhao Laosan has always lived in the village, and he doesn't like to talk to people, so he has never had much knowledge, and today he heard the words of the owner as an eye-opener. Zhao Laosan asked: "Owner, are the helpers in Tianjing New City doing so well?" The two helpers next to him were happy when they heard this, and they all said: "Zhao Laosan, you are so stupid, you don't even know about Tianjing New Town?" ”

"Zhao Laosan, you don't like to talk in the village, you really don't understand anything!" The proprietor, Zhao Le, shook his head and said: "Zhao Laosan, let me tell you, this Tianjing New City is really a strange place, you may not have been there in the past few years, right?" You'll find out when you go! When he arrived at Tianjing New Town, Zhao Laosan saw the towering Xicheng Tower from a distance. The two-zhang high heavy eaves tower is built on the brick-clad city wall more than one zhang high, which looks very majestic. The blue-brick city wall stretches for one or two miles to the left and right, where is there still the shadow of the dilapidated village in my memory?

This Tianjing New City has changed a lot, has it become a big city? Zhao Laosan walked to the city gate and was stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate. "What's your name? Don't have a pass? Does anyone do the insurance? Zhao Laosan thought that those officers and soldiers were going to extort him money, and he was dumbfounded and speechless. Zhao Le went up flatteringly and said, "Master Bing, this is the helper I hired, and I am new today." The officer said, "You two go to the team leader and put your handprints!" ”

Zhao Le asked the other two to be optimistic about the pig, and took Zhao Laosan to a sitting soldier next to him. The soldier asked Zhao Laosan again, wrote a few words in a notebook, and then asked Zhao Le and Zhao Laosan to press their handprints.

"If Zhao Laosan is doing illegal things in the city or spying on intelligence, you as the guarantor Zhao Le has the responsibility to sit jointly, do you know it?" "Clear, we know, Master Bing!" After the group leader sitting at the table finished explaining, he took out a small white wooden card and handed it to Zhao San. After getting this pass, Zhao Laosan entered the city. Zhao Laosan wiped the fine sweat on his head, and secretly said that it was not to blackmail him. This day, the new city of Beijing is really strict.

Entering the city, the scene in the city surprised Zhao Laosan even more. The roads in the city were wide, and the main road was two feet wide, so that two carriages could run side by side. The road is paved with bluestone, high in the middle and low on the sides, and deep drainage ditches are dug on both sides, which is very magnificent. On both sides of the road, two-story houses with black tiles and white walls are built neatly and decently. There are various shops on both sides of the street, selling all kinds of shops.

It was just dawn that day, and the shops were already open. Steamed bread shops, steamed bun shops, restaurants, tea shops, all have shouting and shouting one after another, pedestrians in twos and threes in each shop, a prosperous scene. If it is the Great Song City elsewhere, how can there be so many people spending money in the shops outside? The people in other places are all bitter, and they all save money to buy rice and noodles to live. Only the residents of this Fanjiazhuang are so wealthy that they have money to spend in the shops outside.

The pedestrians on Tianjing Xincheng Road were all dressed decently, and there were few patches on their clothes. And those pedestrians are all good-looking, not as thin as people elsewhere, and they are all well-nourished. Zhao Laosan walked on the street and compared with those locals, his clothes were torn and thin, and he looked like a foreigner. The people in Tianjing New City are really rich! This is still the dilapidated village, this is a city of abundance! How has it changed so much in just two years?

The law and order in the city is very good, and soldiers patrol the roads from time to time. The soldiers were very strong, and they marched forward with spears in hand. But these soldiers, though sturdy, did not bother the people in the slightest, and were not at all like the ruffians of other places. The people were not at all afraid of these soldiers, and they all seemed to be happy that there were soldiers to keep the law and order.

What surprised Zhao Laosan the most was that there was no garbage on the roads in the city, let alone disgusting human and animal feces. The city is clean and tidy, and there is no stench that you smell when you enter the city in other cities. On both sides of the road, there are large buckets of garbage every ten feet, and from time to time people come over to throw garbage, and no one dares to throw garbage on the ground. The soldiers on patrol seemed to be maintaining order in the city, ready to punish those who violated the order.

Even the leaves falling from the trees on both sides of the road, there is also a woman sweeping with a broom. This is the city of the Great Song Dynasty? It's also so clean! After entering Tianjing New Town, Zhao Laosan's owner Zhao Le was very restrained, for fear that he would be arrested if something went wrong. He beckoned three helpers to drive the pigs to the "food department" in the south of the city, and halfway through, a pig pulled out a few pieces of pig manure on the road, and Zhao Le also hurriedly walked over to wrap it in paper, clean it up and throw it into the garbage can.

is to drive pigs into Cangzhou City, and Zhao Laosan has never seen the owner so well-behaved. The food department in the south of the city is a large room, and there seem to be many warehouses in it. Zhao Le asked Zhao Laosan and a few people to wait outside, walked in by himself, and walked out with a big supervisor after a while. The big man took Zhao Laosan and his party to the door of a pigsty. He asked Zhao Le to drive the pig to the side, weigh it on a big scale, and calculate the silver for Zhao Le.

Zhao Laosan saw that there were already more than a dozen pigs in the pigsty, and the five that came by himself made a total of twenty pigs. Seven or eight butchers were standing outside the pigsty, sharpening knives and boiling water, and a dozen people pushing carts were chatting and waiting, ready to transport meat, as if they were about to start killing pigs. This day, Beijing New City is going to eat twenty pigs a day? According to the current calculation of fifty-one pounds of meat, it will cost more than 100 taels of silver on this day! The owner of this Tianjing New City is really rich!

When Zhao Le drove the pig to the scale, Zhao Laosan asked the big man curiously: "Poor master, all the people who do bad jobs in Tianjing New Town have pork to eat?" The big man glanced at Zhao Laosan and said, "Thanks to the city lord!" Those of us who work for the lord of the castle eat eggs in the morning, and three taels of meat each at noon and in the afternoon! ”

"The lord of the city is so rich?" The big man smiled and said, "You're new here?" The castle lord's estate is not for fun. Zhao Laosan took a breath and said flatteringly: "Poor master, is Tianjing New City still recruiting?" The big man smiled and said, "How many people want to enter Tianjing New City to do things, you want to come in, it's really not easy!" Zhao Laosan knew that he was a fantasy, rubbed his hands, and said no more.

On May 23, Yang Peng took a look at the salt factory. Today, the salt factory produces more than 30,000 quintals of salt a month. This net profit is still very high, and Yang Peng is satisfied. You must know that even if there are 5,000 people in the selection team, the monthly salary and food for a month are only 29,000 taels. Yang Peng was inspecting the factory there, and when he heard the soldiers report that Xu Mince was coming, Yang Peng hurried to the official hall.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Brother Xian! How is Brother Xian? Yang Peng arched his hand and said: "Busy! It's not as good as Brother Xu's idle clouds and lonely cranes! "I heard that Brother Xian has made a glasses to sell, how are they selling?" "I sold less than 100 pairs a month, and it didn't become a climate." Xu Mince smiled and said, "It seems that Brother Xian is not prosperous in everything?" After a pause, Xu Mice said: "There is a temple fair in the Niangniang Palace in Cangzhou City these days, and the temple has set up a stage to sing, and men, women and children have gone, so it is not lively." Brother Xian will come with me to see the excitement, right? ”

Yang Peng didn't have anything to do in the past few days, and said with a smile: "Then let's go with Brother Xu to take a look!" The two said yes, each rode a horse lightly, and went to Cangzhou City with four soldiers. When I entered Cangzhou City, I found that the flow of people was walking towards the Niangniang Palace in the center of the city. The adults carried the children inside, and the children smiled happily. The women also traveled with their companions, and walked to the temple in groups, indescribably happy and free.

Yang Peng said with a smile: "This year's temple fair is so lively? Xu Mince said: "This year is a big year for the temple fair, which is naturally different from previous years. "Niangniang Palace is a common name, and the name of the temple is called Tianfei Palace, which is dedicated to Mazu Niangniang. Cangzhou is an important place for land transportation from north to south. The two walked to the temple with the flow of people, and after a while, they arrived outside the gate of the Tianfei Palace. The square outside the temple was crowded with people, and the heads of the people were swaying, but fortunately, Yang Peng was wearing an official uniform, and the people saw Wusun BMW riding over and made way for the two to get in.

Drilling into the crowd outside the Niangniang Palace, Yang Peng found that there were not many people burning incense in the temple, but there were many people watching the play outside the temple. A big stage was set up on the square outside the main entrance of the temple, on which Guan Yunchang was playing a big drama of walking alone for thousands of miles, and the people were crowded in front of the stage to watch the play. As Guan Yun on the stage passed five levels and killed six generals, the people in the audience broke out from time to time to cheer, and the atmosphere was very warm.

The people selling sugar gourds and window flowers under the stage shuttled and shouted in the crowd, reflecting a joyful scene. Yang Peng secretly said that this drama is very lively, probably a rare entertainment in this era. I should also build a few more temples in Tianjing New Town and set up a few more stages for the people to watch the play. The two entered the temple and jumped off their horses, handing them over to a family member to wait outside the temple.

Xu Mice stood at the back of the crowd and watched the play. He seemed to admire Guan Yunchang very much, pulled Yang Peng and said, "Brother Xian, let's also come to see how Guan Yunchang killed Cao Apu's shrimp soldiers and crabs?" Yang Peng smiled, but he didn't expect Xu Mince to worship Guan Yu and say, "I won't look at it, I'll go to the temple!" Xu Mence said casually: "That foolish brother is waiting for the virtuous brother here." Yang Peng said goodbye to Xu Mince and walked towards the Niangniang Palace with three soldiers.

The Niangniang Palace is divided into the main hall of the front hall, the front hall is dedicated to the statue of Wang Lingguan and the statue of the four King Kong gods, and the main hall is the statue of the concubine Niangniang. There are not many people in the temple, and there is no need to queue up to burn incense and kowtow. Yang Peng burned three incense sticks in the front hall and offered dozens of copper coins, and then took the family to bypass the statue and go to the main hall. Unexpectedly, before Yang Peng could bypass the statue, he felt a figure flash in front of him, and a fragrant and soft thing hit his left chest. All he heard was a scream, and a girl fell on all fours.

Yang Peng was stunned and looked at the girl on the ground. The girl fell to the ground, holding a pair of Hangzhou on her head, wearing a cuiyun subnet, showing her temples, fifteen or sixteen years old, which was a good age to be out of the cabinet. The girl was wearing a silver striped yarn shirt on her upper body, and a close-fitting flower and phoenix gold skirt on her lower body. A melon seed face, a pair of red phoenix eyes, and a concave and convex figure wrapped in clothes, indescribably delicate and charming.

The girl swayed on the ground for a moment before she steadied herself. She was still lying on the ground, and a pair of eyes glared at Yang Peng fiercely. The two maids behind her caught up and said loudly, "Miss, you fell?" The girl lay on the ground and said to Yang Peng angrily: "You are wearing an official robe, you are so rude, don't you help me up?" ”

Yang Peng reacted at this time, hurriedly went up to help the girl, and said: "The official didn't see the young lady running over, but I didn't expect to bump into the young lady!" The girl was not afraid at all when she saw Yang Peng's official uniform, and grabbed Yang Peng's arm and got up from the ground. She glared when she heard Yang Peng's words, and shouted coquettishly: "Where did Miss Ben run away?" It was you who ran over with no head and no brains and knocked down Miss Ben! Are you still hard-mouthed? ”

Yang Peng said embarrassedly: "The official walks slowly, slowly, where is the use of running?" "It's obvious that you ran over and hit me!" The girl's eyes widened, glared at Yang Peng and said, "You don't want to be an official, how big are you?" Tell me about it? Yang Peng said: "This official is Yang Peng, the city lord of Tianjing New City!" ”

"It turned out to be a small city lord!" The girl smiled proudly and said in a coquettish voice: "My name is Gao Hua, and my father is a second-grade general, are you afraid?" "It turned out to be a young lady from the general's family, such a big official, no wonder she was so rude. Yang Peng had no choice but to take this girl, so he had to say: "It turned out to be Shangguan's daughter, and the official was afraid!" ”

When the girl heard this, she smiled proudly, giggled like a flower branch, and said with a wide range of eyes: "Then how can you compensate me?" You've crumpled my skirt! Yang Peng secretly said why this girl was so rude, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, this is the daughter of a general, and it is not easy to mess with. After thinking about it, Yang Peng wanted to get out as soon as possible, and said, "I'll compensate you for a pair of transparent glass bracelets another day!" ”

"Glass bracelets? Sounds like something pretty? The girl looked at Yang Peng proudly, and seemed to be very satisfied with Yang Peng's humble compensation. But she was there proud, and suddenly she seemed to remember something, and said, "Wait, you sell glass?" Are you an official of Tianjing New Town? I heard that a new city has been built in Tianjing New Town, which is so clean, but I haven't seen it! Yang Peng didn't expect his Tianjing New City to be so famous, and arched his hand and said: "This official is the city lord of Tianjing New Town!" ”

The girl looked Yang Peng up and down and said, "Can't see it!" With a roll of her eyes, the girl said in a coquettish voice: "When will you deliver my glass bracelet to my house?" My home is in the big copper alley in the west of the city! Just ask someone and you'll find out! Yang Peng still has to find someone to make glass, make holes, and polish it, where can he take it out immediately, so he can only reply perfunctorily: "The official will find someone to do it when he goes back, and he will send someone to send it when it is done!" The girl thought about it and felt that her gain was good, and this fall was not in vain. She glared at Yang Peng, and then walked away with the maid by herself.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.