As the order was issued, the conscription officials were busy, but the others were not idle, especially the warehouse managers, who were also very busy.

After more than ten days of inventory, all kinds of materials left by Zhang Xianzhong were finally counted and put into storage.

Almost all of the baggage of the great man was lost, and his old battalion soldiers were killed more than 5,000, although only 14,000 were beheaded, but the actual casualties were more than 20,000.

Not to mention that when they retreated, except for some of the troops with horses, the rest of the rogues lost their armor and had nothing left on their bodies except for their clothes.

Therefore, when the battlefield was cleaned later, in addition to a large amount of gold, silver, grain and grass, the soldiers also captured nearly 7,000 tattered cloth armors, including hundreds of pierced armors, and tens of thousands of cotton armors and leather armor.

There is even a mountain armor, which was taken from the body of a rogue general, and it is estimated that it was from a certain general who died in the previous battle.

Obviously, the Ming army that had been defeated in Huguang, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang some time ago, as well as the inventory in the treasury, contributed a lot of equipment to them.

In addition, there were more than 400 horses, as well as 10,000 spears, broadswords, etc., and even more than 800 firearms.

However, these things seem to be a lot, in fact, except for the horse, the rest of Yan Ling is basically useless, cloth armor and armor and the like, not to mention the difference between the system and the family, it has been hit by the musket several holes, and it is better to make a new one than to make a new one.

All kinds of weapons have long been obsolete, and the quality is not much better.

After picking and choosing, in the end, except for the leather armor, which selected more than 2,000 intact revenue stocks to equip the soon-to-be-established police force, Yan Ling did not want to leave any of the rest of the supplies.

"Why don't you melt them and reforge them?"

Yan Hongliang suggested.

Yan Ling shook his head, he suddenly had a better idea.

……

"So, you have a batch of ordnance that you want to sell me?"

In the official office of Nanyang Mansion City, a middle-aged man dressed in a simple robe and with a calm face sat on the main seat and looked down at the envoy who was below, and said so.

He is the second king, and now Daming's henchman is in great trouble, known as the "second thief". It has 90,000 troops, located in southern Henan, and is the first righteous person of the vigorous uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even Gao Yingxiang, after rushing out of Nanzhili, he was the first to choose to defect, which shows his prestige and character.

Among today's many rebels, Wang Er is a special case, he is one of the few rebels who do not coerce the people, only eat large households, and treat the people not badly.

Although this can't be said that he is a benevolent and righteous person, after all, among the rich businessmen, there are also benevolent people who have the duty to do business, but he is already a clear stream in the late Ming Dynasty, and among the many rebels, only he can be called a "righteous army".

When the envoy entered the city this time, he saw that the city was in good order and the people's lives were fairly stable, so he confirmed the accuracy of the information.

Of course, it can't be compared with Ningbo and Luzon provinces and cities, but in this increasingly troubled world, it is good to be able to maintain such a state in the midst of war.

In Yan Ling's words, "This is what it looks like to fight the world."

Other rogues are more like taking on the roles of the Yellow Turban and the Yellow Nest, messing up the world, but there is no possibility of sitting in the world.

So when he had a batch of arms on hand, he immediately thought of Wang Er, after all, for the other rogues, most of them would return to the Ming army in a short time.

Wang Er is most likely able to convert these forces into actual combat power, and he can also make a fortune, killing two birds with one stone.

It's not that I don't care about money or not, but that there are henchmen of this court in front of me, and when things happen in the future, I can share a lot of pressure.

"Sell me ordnance for me, traitor? Who is your owner? Aren't you afraid that the court will be held accountable and exterminated? ”

Wang Er seemed a little incredulous, and looked at the messenger.

"Leader Wang doesn't care about this, since we dare to sell, we naturally take these into account."

"Why should I do business with a bunch of hidden guys, I wonder if you're lying to me?"

In fact, Wang Er already believed that when the other party first met, he directly took out a hundred pairs of armor as a meeting gift, such a generous gesture is indeed convincing, and now he just wants to suppress the arrogance of the other party and control the dominance.

The envoy had already prepared, and laughed lightly when he heard this:

"Leader Wang, as far as I know, the court regards you as a big trouble! Now you are quite peaceful here, because the eyes of the world are all on Nanzhi, but if Nanzhi is calm...... Then this place will become the target of public criticism. ”

"Don't you take advantage of this time to strengthen your strength, don't you plan to return this great territory to the imperial court at that time?"

Wang Er's face was gloomy, and the other party said that he hit his weakness.

After he occupied southern Henan, he adopted many policies, such as opening warehouses and releasing grain, which greatly strengthened his strength and won the hearts of the people, but he did not get too many craftsmen, among which there were even more craftsmen who made armor and firearms, and it was indeed an urgent shortage of various ordnance materials.

Who made the generals of the Ming army defending the city alert, and when the city was broken and evacuated, they also brought these strategically important craftsmen with them by the way?

"What do you have?" He finally asked, the other party knew them so well, it was useless to be stubborn.

Unexpectedly, hearing his question, the messenger began to talk endlessly:

"We have mountain armor, piercing armor, cloth armor, cotton armor, leather armor, fire armor, bird armor, three-eyed armor, ......"

Straight to the point, the generals were dumbfounded, and all kinds of ordnance that was extremely tightly controlled by the ordinary Ming Dynasty were like cabbage in his mouth.

Wang Er was also a little surprised, but after all, he was a big man, so he quickly adjusted his state and began to get serious:

"How much can you offer these things? I want them all. ”

A smile suddenly appeared on the messenger's face, and he immediately replied:

"The king's leader is magnificent! We have here seven thousand cloth armors, six hundred piercing armors, and eight hundred fire guns...... You see? ”

On the other side, listening to his words, Wang Er's face was already a little twitching:

"You're really not kidding?"

Wang Er, who has always been steady, is a little nervous at this time, but this number is too amazing, it is enough to support a large army, and it will be unbelievable for anyone to come.

For a moment, a ridiculous thought even crossed his mind:

Isn't it the Ming Dynasty's military department that is generating revenue?

And then the messenger responded:

"The silver is in the hands of the king's leader, if we can't get it at that time, can we still snatch it from the leader's hands?"

Wang Er was silent for a moment.

Indeed, he will not give a deposit or the like, and when the time comes, he will naturally pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, and the other party will not be able to deceive.

So the two sides discussed the price again, and finally sold all kinds of firearms at the price of two taels and one piece, cloth armor three taels and five yuan, eight taels and five dollars for piercing armor, two taels and a pair of cotton armor and leather armor, and a set of waist knives and spears.

(End of chapter)