Where is the large-scale celebration held in Tianjing New Town, a large number of ordinary people went to the streets, there were firecrackers everywhere, Lin Qing'er and She Lao Taijun, Hua Jieyu They discussed this great victory in the official hall of Tianjing New Town, Zhang Xiang and Zhao Jinxi next to them were unhappy, the two of them did not participate in the battle of Dagou, the opportunity for meritorious service was gone, and the cross-border parade did not have their own share, especially Zhao Jinxi, who was the most disappointed.

Lin Qing'er said, "This time Yang Peng hit the arrogance of the Khitans hard, it seems that this time the Empress Dowager Xiao's Jinyang will hunt will not be engaged, I think this time the Khitan soldiers in Youzhou will not come out to fight the grass valley for a long time, see when Peng'er will take Yingzhou and Mozhou, this time it is considered to be a big loss of temper for the Khitans, haha, I will be excited to hear it," She Lao Taijun said, "This time I heard that there were only more than 100 soldiers killed in the battle, and more than 500 people were injured, how did this battle be fought, your apprentice is also too powerful, eighth sister, ninth sister, You will also report to Zhang Xiang's barracks tomorrow, starting from the soldiers, Yang Paifeng, you will also go over with the eighth sister, we can't be idle here, what do you think, eldest daughter-in-law. ”

Lin Qing'er said, "Dali Temple is also under construction, so that the eldest daughter-in-law will be a temple minister of Dali Temple, which is equivalent to a squire of the military department, and I will discuss it with the cabinet and report it to Peng'er for approval." In the future, the security of Tianjing New City will be handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law, what do you think of the eldest daughter-in-law," Hua Xie Yu said, "Is it to give such a big official all at once, I can't take care of it." Zhao Jinxi said, "Sister Hua must have no problem, you are much stronger than me, Sister Hua, I support you." ”

Huyan Chijin, you will go to the military department to help, Zhang Xiang, where is there no problem, right? Zhang Xiang said, "Where can we get the help of the seventh sister-in-law, that is, we burn high incense, the seventh sister-in-law, you see that you still have to serve as the deputy head of the pioneer group, this time Duan Zhixian, that kid made such a big bargain, next time our pioneer group must win the next battle, with the help of the seventh sister-in-law, see what else the city lord can do." ”

"Xiuying, where do you go to work in the Ministry of Rites, I can't do it in the Ministry of Rites, my level is too low, I haven't read many books, you just go to my place to help with things first, and when you do a good job, you will be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, don't toss my old bones, I can't stand it."

"Du Jin'e, you also go to Duan Zhixian of the Tiger Bentuan, tomorrow you will go to Dagou to report, you are also a military general, I hope you will see your figure in the next cross-border parade," Du Jin'e said, "Yes, mother-in-law, I will report tomorrow, just start as a small soldier, and Yang Tong is in a battalion, I can also wear such a beautiful military uniform." ”

On 28 November, civil and military officials from Cangzhou gathered in Tianjing New Town to observe Yang Peng's soldier training. Yang Peng defeated the Northern Recruitment Envoy under Dagou City, beheaded Ye Yu Hongguang, and captured more than 11,600 Khitan heads, and the officials in Cangzhou wanted to know how Yang Peng did it. Yang Peng asked the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment to demonstrate on the spot, so that the officials could understand how they killed the enemy.

On this day, the military attachés and ministers of Cangzhou gathered together and sat on the shooting range of Tianjing New Town to watch the demonstration of the Tiger Ben Regiment. Yang Peng had already prepared a hundred flintlock muskets that had not yet had time to draw rifling, and asked the soldiers of the Tiger Regiment to demonstrate a salvo of 100 guns. Only a crackling gunshot was heard, white smoke erupted, and the target fifty paces away was broken and shattered. Yang Peng said loudly: "Everyone, please see, with the power of such a salvo of a hundred firearms, even the Khitan cavalry will be killed on the horse. If it is combined with various traps and rejecting horses to hold the city, then the effect is even better, and dozens of corpses will be left behind before the Khitan arrives. Cangzhou Deputy General Geng Yingjie asked: "This flintlock pistol doesn't need an arquebus?" But Yang Peng's invention of the self-generated fire? ”

The next day, Luo Lizong, the new guerrilla general of the Cangzhou battalion, came to visit Yang Peng. He was grateful to Yang Peng's head for sharing profits, and was optimistic about Yang Peng's future future, so he came to visit Yang Peng. In the second hall of the official hall of Tianjing New Town, which is now known as the General's Mansion, Yang Peng met with the spring breeze Luo Lizong. As soon as he came up, Luo Lizong sent out a gift list worth seventy or eighty taels, and said: "It all depends on the majesty of the virtuous brother's victory, and I will wait for the chicken dog to ascend to heaven." In the past, I could only dream of becoming a guerrilla mile, but now my dream has come true! ”

Yang Peng said modestly: "Brother Luo said and laughed, this guerrilla is the result of Brother Luo's life and work for so many years, and this big victory is just a matter of course." Luo Lizong seemed to agree with Yang Peng's words, laughed out loud, and said, "Brother Xian is really good at talking. Seeing Luo Lizong's envious and jealous look, Li Zhi smiled and did not speak.

After saying a few words, Yang Peng inquired about Luo Zhen's information and asked lightly: "Brother Luo, how is Luo Zhen?" Luo Lizong snorted when he heard this, and said, "You ask Luo Zhen?" Yang Peng asked, "Yes, Luo Zhen!" ”

Luo Lizong said: "Brother Xian, you don't know, this new general has a very bad news. The Zhenzhou battalion he was in charge of originally had 3,000 soldiers, and he ate 1,200 empty salaries, but in fact there were only 1,800 battalion soldiers, which was the highest proportion in Cangzhou. That's not all, he still had nothing to do in the Gegu area, but he said a few rich thieves with no background, robbed others of their homes, and robbed thousands of taels of silver. ”

Yang Peng said: "It turns out that he has such a bad reputation? Rolizong said: "Notoriety! However, this person makes money ruthlessly, and he is also generous, sending money everywhere. He has done everything in Cangzhou, so it will be his turn as soon as the position of the general is vacated this time. Luo Lizong had a deep understanding of Cangzhou officialdom, so he told Yang Peng everything about Luo Zhen's previous affairs. Yang Peng asked Luo Lizong a few more words, and then diverted the topic: "Don't talk about Luo Zhen, let's talk about Brother Luo's camp." ”

Xu Nan will not be transferred away for a while, and Luo Zhen will not be in trouble in a short time. Of course, Yang Peng is not afraid of Luo Zhen's troubles. Therefore, Yang Peng put Luo Zhen's matter behind him for the time being, and continued to be busy with the governance of the collar. In mid-October, the Khitan had already left the customs, and the roads had already been cleared. The sowing of winter wheat began, and the refugees gathered in the north of Dagou City returned to their hometowns. Although the poor have no money, they can still borrow some food from relatives and friends for half a year and a year. As long as you go back and sow the wheat fields, life will be back on track next year.

Yang Peng gave each refugee a bucket of rice and made dry food for them on the road, otherwise the refugees would starve halfway through. Within a few days, half of the refugees in the north of Dagou City were gone, and only 10,000 people remained. Yang Peng saw that the last 10,000 people were not leaving, so he went to the north of the city to take a look. When Yang Peng went to the north of the city, he found that those who remained were the most hungry and poor, all of them skinny and skinny. There are men, women and children, and many of them are dragging their families and huddled in their nests, cowering when they look at people.

Yang Peng walked around the refugee camp, and several old people walked up tremblingly on crutches. As soon as they walked in front of Yang Peng, these old men wanted to kowtow to Yang Peng. Yang Peng hurriedly helped them up. "Lord of the city, it's not that we are eating rice in the ditch, we are really desperate!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Don't the people have relatives and friends to turn to?" Can't borrow a year's worth of food? ”

The old people sighed and said, "We who have stayed behind are the loneliest, either our relatives are poor or our relatives have also suffered from the disaster, where is there a place to lend a year's rations?" It is estimated that the family's house was also burned by the Khitan soldiers, and all the food was robbed by the Khitan soldiers, and it is a dead end to go back! ”

After saying this, several old men knelt on the ground one by one. "Please take us in! We don't want monthly money and a house, we just need to live in this nest and have a mouthful of porridge to eat! As long as there is porridge to eat, we will make cows and horses to serve adults! Yang Peng helped these old people up, took a few steps forward, and looked at these poor people again.

Most of these people are poor people with families, and because of the large population, there are many old and young, so the economy is the most difficult. If it is a single young man with a field at home, and someone can borrow a stone and a half of grain to get through the year, it is still easy to find a place to borrow. If there are five or six people in the family, they have to borrow at least eight or nine stones of grain, and the price of rice is high in this chaotic season, and it is difficult to borrow so much grain.

In the past few months when the Khitan soldiers entered the customs, Cangzhou was plundered, and a lot of grain was transported back to the customs by the Khitan soldiers. The original price of rice has risen to four taels and one stone. It is estimated that the price of rice will not be reduced in half a year. In this situation, there is not enough silver, and there is no way to buy life-saving food.

But Tianjing New Town is currently saturated with various jobs, and there is no need for so many people! Li Zhi can't keep all these people. These people have no ability and can only plow the land. However, Li Zhi thought again: Tianjing New City has been importing grain from the outside at present, and the logistical pressure is quite great. Now that Cangzhou rice is expensive, Yang Peng spends a lot more money on maintaining Tianjing New City every day. Why don't you gather these together and cultivate the land?

Where to find land for these farmers to plant? Yang Peng knew that the manufacture of some high-efficiency hydraulic machinery could turn dry land that could not be irrigated by ordinary methods into fertile land. Those wastelands are cheap, and after buying them, Yang Peng can turn them into fertile land. Why don't you rely on these hydraulic machinery to reclaim a new field?

Yang Peng thought for a moment and asked the old men, "Do you all know how to plow the land?" Those old men suddenly saw hope, and hurriedly walked up on crutches and knelt down in front of Yang Peng, and replied: "Lord Hui, Lord Hui, we are all farmers who do our duty, and we can all grow wheat!" Will you take us in as tenant farmers? When the men, women, and children next to Yang Peng saw Li Zhi asking, they all felt hopeful, and crawled out of the nest one by one, hulala knelt in front of Yang Peng.

"My lord, take us in, we will starve to death when we go back!" "Sir, save us!" Yang Peng nodded, and in the excited eyes of those poor people, he said lightly: "Then you can stay and farm for me!" ”

Yang Peng replied: "This kind of firebolt is called a flintlock pistol, but it has the same effect as a self-generated firecracker. Geng Ying nodded silently. All the generals looked at the flintlock pistol and muttered, Xu Nan stroked his beard and asked, "How much silver do you need to make a fire gun?" Yang Peng replied: "Give the craftsman four taels of wages, and six taels of material money to buy fine iron and steel, a total of ten taels of silver is needed." ”

Hearing Yang Peng's words, all the civil and military officials took a breath of cool air, ten taels of silver a stroke, which is too expensive. Although this firearm is sharp, it can only hit fifty steps, and it will be rushed by the enemy after one shot, and the number of kills is limited. Moreover, when soldiers use this firearm, they cannot carry other long weapons, and their hand-to-hand combat ability is greatly reduced.

Yang Peng saw that the military attachés looked down on this flintlock pistol, so he took out a bayonet from his waist and put it on the gun, and said: "This gun can be used in hand-to-hand combat with a bayonet made by Sugang." The bayonet cost three taels of silver. Hearing Yang Peng's words, the military attaches glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of disappointment. How difficult is it to put a bayonet on a firebolt? No spearmen came directly.

Can this flintlock pistol really defeat the Khitan cavalry? Wouldn't it be Yang Peng's luck, the Khitan soldiers desperately attacked the city without knowing the bottom and hit Yang Peng's muzzle, right?

And the military attaches have deeper concerns - spending money to build equipment is simple to say, but in fact it can't be operated at all, what about the silver that honors the gods and goddesses? If you don't honor the gods, the slightest mistake will become a big sin, and you will be in danger of going to prison at any time. At the risk of offending all kinds of immortals, cut down on food and clothing to make this fire gun without a fire rope? Isn't that looking for death?

This flintlock pistol didn't look very good, at least not to meet the needs of the military attachés of the Great Song Dynasty. Or drink the blood of soldiers and eat empty salaries, honor the gods from all walks of life, and then wait for someone else to make meritorious contributions, and it will be cost-effective to share his military exploits! The officials were not interested in Yang Peng's flintlock pistol, and urged him to demonstrate a strong crossbow.

Li Zhi launched ten powerful crossbows and fired at targets 300 meters away, all of which broke the two-inch thick planks. The officials felt even more ordinary when they saw this strong crossbow, and asked, "How much does this strong crossbow cost?" Yang Peng quoted a high price, and said: "I want six hundred taels to build one!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the military attaches wanted to leave on the spot. They kind of understood that Yang Peng was not here to make a fortune, but to spend money! His troops were heaped with silver. The greater the officer, the more soldiers he had, and the more money he spent on the troops. Not everyone has as many lucrative industries as Yang Peng. Who has so much silver to squander? The so-called thousands of miles to be an official is only for money! What do you do when you are an official and don't make money?

The officials were interested, and soon dispersed, and each rode away. After seeing off the visiting civil and military officials, Yang Peng went to the wounded barracks to inspect the wounded soldiers.

Unlike previous battles, this time there were casualties in Yang Peng's Tiger Regiment. In the process of defending the city, four soldiers were wounded, and the elite of the Khitan army Xi army shot and wounded more than 50 soldiers, and finally the Khitan army caused more than 50 soldiers to be killed and wounded when they rushed into battle. Now thirty-eight soldiers have died, and there are still seventy-three wounded soldiers in the wounded battalion of the Tiger Regiment, of which twenty-three are seriously injured and may also die.

Yang Peng walked into the wounded barracks and heard the shouts of the wounded. The medical skills of the Great Song Dynasty were not backward in this era, when the West had just discovered blood circulation, and the mastery of the characteristics of various medicines was far inferior to that of traditional Chinese medicine. But even so, ordinary Chinese medicine practitioners are still weak to deal with severe physical trauma. Yang Peng found a few old Chinese medicine doctors in Cangzhou City, but they could only watch the wounded die one by one.

The Khitan arrows are often soaked in horse manure, which is poisonous, and the limbs are often amputated if they are shot, and the torso is basically hopeless. Yang Peng temporarily hired 20 women as nurses, and asked the nurses to distill high-concentration alcohol and disinfect the soldiers' wounds every day. As for the surgical-level treatment of bone grafting and suturing the muscle tissue of the injured, these local Lang Zhong in Cangzhou will not.

After disinfecting the wound, it is only up to the injured person's body to recover on its own. Seeing the backward level of surgical skills in Cangzhou, Li Zhi secretly said that he wanted to recruit medical talents and establish a team of doctors by means of scientific experiments. Let the doctor explore the treatment of trauma in the experiment, and gradually improve the level of surgical skills - a trauma treatment team can have a huge effect on the morale of soldiers, and even make soldiers who dare not fight bravely face the enemy.

Yang Peng walked into the camp of wounded soldiers and examined the wounded soldiers one by one. A wounded man whose right arm was hit by a poisonous arrow of a Khitan soldier and whose right hand was cut off by the doctor cried when he saw Yang Peng.

Yang Peng patted him on the back and said, "Hero! What are you crying about? The wounded man cried: "City lord, I have an old mother and a pair of children in my family, and they all depend on my three taels of military salaries to support them." Now that I have a broken right hand, I can't fight, and my family has no money to rent a house, so I'm afraid I'm going to starve to death and freeze to death in the city! ”

Yang Peng pondered for a moment and said, "Don't cry, I won't let your family starve to death!" After thinking about it, Yang Peng said: "During the six-month healing period, I will give you one or two or five dollars of silver per month, and then I will send you a bucket of rice every month." Learn to read when your wounds heal, practice writing with your left hand, and I'll find you a paperwork in six months! Although there is no high salary as a soldier, there are still days when there are two taels of silver a month and meat for three meals! ”

The wounded man was stunned, cried even more, and was about to kowtow to Yang Peng. Yang Peng pressed him on the bed, smiled at him, and went to the next patient's bed. The next patient was even more badly wounded, and his spine was cut off by the elite axe of the Khitan Xi Army, although the wound did not suppurate and gradually healed, but now the lower half of his body is paralyzed.

Seeing Yang Peng coming, two turbid tears immediately flowed from the wounded's face, and he was speechless. Yang Peng patted the wounded man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid if you are seriously injured and unable to work. I will give you a subsidy of one or two or five yuan for the wounded every month, and a bucket of rice every month, so that your family can have food and clothing! ”

When the wounded man heard Yang Peng's words, his tears couldn't be stopped, and he just kept nodding his head. After a long time, he held back a sentence: "Thank you, Lord City!" Yang Peng turned to Zheng Hui, who was following behind, and said: "You have written it down, and operate according to the principle I said: for the wounded who can still work, the Public Works Department will try to arrange suitable work for them, with two taels of monthly money and three meals of meat." For those who completely lose their ability to work, they will be given a monthly allowance of one or two or five yuan and a bucket of rice. For soldiers who died in battle, a one-time pension of 20 taels was paid, and a monthly pension of 1 tael and 5 cents per month for 30 years. ”

Hearing Yang Peng's words, the wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks cried one by one. Where can I find such a good city lord? In this way, there is no need to worry about injury or even sacrifice. The wounded who were not seriously injured had to climb out of bed one by one and kowtow to Yang Peng. Yang Peng helped up these wounded and said lightly: "No courtesy, you are all heroes of Tianjing New City!" ”

The hydraulic machine that Yang Peng wants to build is called a dragon tail car. This kind of equipment is also called Archimedes spiral tube, according to legend, it is invented by Archimedes, and it is a tool that uses the spiral wheel in the cylinder to rise and lift water. The outside of the dragon tail car is a layer of iron shell, and inside is a long rotating shaft covered with propeller blades, which rotates constantly, allowing the water to roll at the bottom of the rotating shaft blades, gradually raising the water level.

A bearing is attached to a shaft joint above the rotating shaft to reduce friction. The next rotating shaft joint should be stretched underwater, and Yang Peng made a ball with brass and pressed it on a copper sleeve, which can also reduce the friction during rotation. The main part of the waterwheel is cast with wrought iron, and the inside and outside are painted to prevent rust.

This kind of waterwheel has the characteristics of saving force and high efficiency, and the efficiency of one person to operate this waterwheel can be compared to ten people to operate the traditional keel car. Until modern times, these waterwheels have been widely used in the industrial sector to lift fluids and powders. The Song Dynasty once vigorously promoted this kind of waterwheel, but due to the complexity of the dragon tail car manufacturing, political corruption and other reasons, this kind of waterwheel has not been promoted.

But Yang Peng has a casting craftsman and casting technology, and casting this keel car is handy. After casting more than 80 strong crossbows, the cannon casting craftsmen stopped work and were in a standby state, just in time to start casting this kind of dragon tail car.

Yang Peng drew the drawings and handed them over to the gunsmiths to cast the molds. Yang Peng explained on the spot that after a few days of tinkering, the gunsmiths cast an iron mold of rotating blades and outer casing, and the assembly was successful. Next, it is cast in batches with iron molds.

The first waterwheel was quickly completed, and Yang Peng put the waterwheel on the river to experiment with pumping water. As soon as the rotating shaft turned, I saw the gurgling water flowing out of the waterwheel. Yang Peng asked the watermill to pump water from the river until it filled four acres of fields, and it only took half an hour. In this way, a person can irrigate 40 acres of land a day, which is much stronger than other waterwheels.

The onlookers saw the swaying waterwheel pumping out a gurgling stream of water, and they immediately boiled. The people cheered and celebrated that the lord of the city had invented a new thing, and it was estimated that this new thing would bring a lot of new benefits to the people. The high efficiency of the dragon tail car is very important for agricultural production. To grasp the season, it is necessary to irrigate a few days before and after certain seasons. The efficiency of the waterwheel is not high, and only a few acres of land by the river can be irrigated in the limited irrigation season, and using the inefficient waterwheel to irrigate more fields will only miss the season, so that the crop harvest will be greatly reduced.

The high efficiency of the waterwheel allows more fields to be irrigated in a timely manner. And this kind of dragon tail car also has an advantage, that is, the scope of application is particularly wide. As long as the water underneath can overflow the blades under the tail car, it can pump water, whether it is a pond or a small river, as long as there is a little water surface. It does not require the speed of water flow like the barrel car, and emphasizes the depth of entry into the water.

The dragon tail car made by Yang Peng using the casting method is six meters long and weighs 130 catties, which can pump water in the river more than three meters high. The main part of the waterwheel is cast with wrought iron, plus the price of labor and bearings cost 12 taels, which can be promoted on a large scale. One of the more troublesome points is to maintain frequently, paint and prevent rust, and it is estimated that the annual maintenance cost will be one or two silver. If Li Zhi wants to promote it on a large scale, it is estimated that a professional team will be organized to maintain these dragon tail cars on a regular basis. But compared to the income from turning dry land into farmland, the maintenance fee of this tael of silver is not eye-catching.

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