Monument Yangmen

Chapter 571
"Puff~"

The slightly fat Sleeping God fell to the ground in fright, and the faces of the other six people were also slightly pale.

"I...I don't want to die yet..."

The slightly fat Sleeping God let out a sad face and howled.

Yang Wu entered the room with a pale face at this time, he frowned and looked at the slightly fat Sleepy God, and then at Yang Qi.

"What are you doing?"

Yang Wu is also a ruthless person.

In order to experience how terrifying the little black room is, Yang Wu stayed in the little black room for ten days.

If it wasn't for Yang Qi to drag Yang Wu out of the small dark room, he might still be able to stay there.

Yang Wu who was dragged out lost a lot of weight, his face was pale, his expression was in a daze, like a zombie.

It took three days to slow down before I managed to slow down.

As soon as he recovered, he confronted Yang Qi.

As soon as he heard that Yang Qi wanted to deal with his heart, he rushed over immediately.

In his opinion, every soldier of the Cavalry Army is his baby bump.

Yang Qi smiled awkwardly: "It's just a joke, why do you take it seriously, fifth brother?"

Then, Yang Qi said in front of Yang Wu: "Well, fat man, you report to the Huotou Army, and you will be a member of the Huotou Army from now on. The remaining six will all be handed over to Peng Pai to report to the Scarecrow."

Then, Yang Qi solemnly warned the seven people, "The iron cavalry army is not suitable for you, so I will arrange you to a position that suits you. I hope you can use your strength in the new position."

As if they were pardoned, the seven people swear an oath and swear in front of Yang Qi, and then they are taken out of the courtyard where Yang Qi is located by Peng Pai.

After everyone left, Yang Qi looked at Yang Wu and said, "Are you satisfied now?"

Yang Wu rolled his eyes and said, "That's about the same."

"Then you're not leaving yet?"

Yang Wu stared and said, "I've come to you to discuss something serious."

Yang Qi sat down casually, waved his hands and said, "Speak."

Yang Wu said solemnly: "Now that the basic training of the cavalry army has come to an end, can we train them to fight horses?"

Yang Qi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's too early. What they are currently training is only the most basic things. And the literacy work is not over yet, so it's too early to train them for horse fighting."

Yang Wu said impatiently: "Then what are they going to train?"

Yang Qi said: "Weight-bearing training, military formation, and literacy."

"Weight training?"

It was easy for Yang Wu to find out the key from Yang Qi's words. He asked excitedly, "Do you mean to let them train in armor and get used to their equipment in advance?"

Yang Qi shook his head, "For the time being, let them carry the big logs to exercise first. I have some new ways to improve the equipment of the Iron Cavalry Army."

"Changed again?"

Yang Wu has always had deep resentment towards the improvement of the cavalry's equipment.

Since Yang Qi ordered the weapon workshop to start manufacturing the equipment of the cavalry army, Yang Qi has improved the equipment of the cavalry army seven times.

Yang Qi nodded and said: "Pure steel plate armor is too heavy and slow to move. Although the defense is strong, it will affect the flexibility of the cavalry and affect their performance.

A cavalry soldier put on his armor, swung an eight-pound horizontal knife, and slashed with all his strength, which could only last up to thirty times.

So I plan to use plate armor made of pure iron in the key parts of the armor, but in some unimportant places and some soft places, I use chain mail. "

Among the official documents piled up on the table, Yang Qi found a design drawing of his cavalry equipment, and handed it to Yang Wu.

"Look."

Yang Wu took the design drawing, looked at it carefully, frowned and said: "A is a good armor, and the design is also ingenious. It's just that according to your new design, the required craftsmanship and time will be longer. Iron Cavalry Army Can your soldiers afford to wait?

And the [-] sets of armor made of pure iron that were built before, what are you going to do?That cost a lot of money. "

Yang Qi smiled and said: "How about giving it to the generals under your command? So far, the generals of all the armies under our command still wear uniform soldier equipment. If things go on like this in the long run, it will not be a good thing.

Moreover, in order to distinguish the ranks of the generals at all levels, I am going to let the craftsmen color the left shoulder armor.

Generals of different ranks have different colors. "

The detailed hierarchy system is indeed the most suitable for military use.

Yang Wu agreed with Yang Qi's proposal, but he still frowned, "Even so, there are only less than [-] sets of equipment distributed. What about the remaining [-] sets?"

Yang Qile laughed and said, "Uncle is interested."

"Uncle wants?"

Yang Wu raised his eyebrows and said, "Uncle also wants to build heavy armored cavalry?"

Yang Qi pondered, nodded and said: "Ninety-nine are close to ten. It's just that my uncle doesn't have that much financial support, so he can support a maximum of [-] heavy armored cavalry."

Yang Wu said, "That's a lot. The Zhe family has no shortage of strong soldiers, and they can easily arm a qualified heavy cavalry. We can let the Zhe family arm the heavy cavalry first, and then observe from the sidelines." , take a look at the pros and cons, and use this to make up for the shortcomings in our army."

"That's exactly what I mean."

Yang Qi smiled knowingly.

The two brothers had the same idea in their minds, that is to let the Zhe family form a heavy cavalry first, as an experimental product, so that they can learn from it.

Although Uncle Keng was a bit too much, the two of them didn't care at all.

Anyway, if the family has a big business, it can stand the toss.

Besides, Zhe Yuxun, a well-informed veteran, may not be able to trap Zhe's family.

On the other hand, Yang Qi, although he has a well-informed old man, but his old man is unwilling to help, Yang Qi has to rely on himself for everything.

Everything is almost starting from scratch, and everything needs to be slowly explored by their brothers.

Having made up his mind, Yang Qi asked Yang Wu to watch the cavalry training, and he went to meet the people from the Zhe family.

The Zhe family obviously attached great importance to this transaction, and the person they sent was Zhe Yuqing, Yang Qi's second uncle.

After Zhe Yuqing arrived at Fuxing Pass, he was welcomed into his house by Yang Da.

When Yang Qi arrived at Yang's mansion, Yang Da was having a banquet with Zhe Yuqing.

The two chatted a little bit, looking very happy.

After Yang Qi entered the hall, he saluted and said, "I've seen my second uncle, I've seen my elder brother."

Zhe Yuqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, you don't need to be too polite. Don't you want me, an elder, to stand up and salute you, a tiger?"

Yang Qi hurriedly waved his hands, "How dare you."

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity, they sat beside Yang Da, and the uncle and nephew talked about trivial matters together.

After a long time, Zhe Yuqing suddenly said: "Qilang, have you read the letter your uncle gave you?"

Yang Qi raised his brows, knowing that it was time to talk about business, he immediately sat up straight, and said seriously: "I have read the letter from uncle carefully, and according to uncle, the Zhe family is also planning to build a heavy cavalry?"

"That's not."

Zhe Yuqing didn't hide anything, and said solemnly: "I'll tell you the truth, when Wei Zhong was patrolling Yinzhou recently, he discovered the whereabouts of a small army in Yinzhou.

They are not many in number, but their fighting power is extremely powerful.Moreover, both people and horses are wearing armor. Your uncle suspects that it is very similar to the heavy cavalry you mentioned.

So your uncle took a few of your cousins ​​to Yinzhou to investigate in person.

It has been confirmed that it is undoubtedly a heavy cavalry.

Your uncle has also seen the ability of heavy armored cavalry to block a hundred with one, so he intends to build a heavy armored cavalry for Zhejia. "

Yang Qi was a little taken aback.

After Zhe Yuqing mentioned the appearance of heavy armored cavalry in Yinzhou, Yang Qi's first reaction was the iron kite.

To be precise, it is the predecessor of the iron kite.

After all, all troops cannot be created out of nothing.

Many armies have evolved step by step.

Before the iron harrier, there was a new heavy cavalry in the party, which is obviously reminiscent of the predecessor of the iron harrier.

Zhejia's territory is currently the closest to the party, and it is also the most vulnerable to the threat of the party.

After the Zhe family had seen Dangxiang's heavy armored cavalry, they planned to build their own heavy armored cavalry, which shows that the Zhe family has a keen sense of smell.

Zhe Yuqing said here, Yang Qi did not hide his secrets, he said in a deep voice: "Second uncle, before the wild beggar tribe had a 100-man heavy armored cavalry. Once in Fengcheng, the 3-man heavy armored cavalry The cavalry, facing the Liao army of [-] people, did not lose.

The nephew watched that battle, so he came up with the idea of ​​building a heavy cavalry.

Zhe Yang's family is originally one. Since the Zhe family wants to build a heavy cavalry, I will not hide my secrets.

I agreed to the purchase of heavy cavalry equipment from me that my uncle mentioned in the letter.

only……"

Zhe Yuqing hurriedly asked, "Just what?"

Yang Qiwei said: "Second uncle, you also know that the preparations for the heavy armored cavalry under my command have already begun. Now the troops and horses are fully prepared, and they are all first-class fighters selected from all over the country. Now they have been training for more than a month. More than enough, I am preparing to put this batch of armor into training..."

The corners of Zhe Yuqing's mouth twitched, and he said in a deep voice: "Ming people don't slander, if you have any conditions, just open it."

"Ok."

Yang Qi swept away the embarrassment on his face, and said seriously: "According to uncle's needs, I plan to take all these [-] sets of equipment into Zhe's house. My nephew thinks it's unnecessary.

The purpose of Zhejia is to build a heavy armored cavalry of 3000 men, so there is no need for [-] sets of equipment.

The [-] sets of equipment made by the nephew were meticulously crafted by tens of thousands of craftsmen who spent half a year.

Its counterfeiting is very expensive, and a set of equipment is worth nearly 700 taels.

Six thousand sets of equipment, that can get a lot of money.

Therefore, out of the [-] sets of equipment, the nephew plans to keep [-] sets for himself, and sell the other [-] sets to Zhejia.

Not only that, the nephew also presented the design drawings of the equipment and a hundred craftsmen to Zhejia.

In this way, it is possible to avoid supplementary work for equipment damaged on the battlefield. "

Hearing Yang Qi's words, Zhe Yuqing had the urge to turn his back on the spot.

Don't look at what Yang Qi said so sweetly, it seems that everything is for Zhejia, but in fact, his most core thing is only one sentence, which is 700 taels for a set of equipment.

700 taels for a set of equipment?

Even if Zhe Yuqing used pure iron to forge a heavy armored cavalry, and even the horse with pure iron, it would not cost so much money.

Yang Qi is no longer talking about a lion, but blackmail.

"A set of equipment costs 700 taels, boy, are you too dark-hearted? How can you open your mouth?"

Zhe Yuqing's face was black, and he growled: "Up to 200 taels, no more."

Some people may think that the majestic Zhejia owns a top-notch weapon forging craftsman, why would he negotiate with Yang Qi?

In fact, Zhejia also has difficulties as a last resort.

First of all, regarding the forging of heavy cavalry equipment, a large amount of iron is required.

Since Zhejia expanded his army to 12, he has been in a state of iron deficiency.

In the past, Zhejia's iron was obtained from Da Song secretly.

Ever since the Zheyang family supported their own self-respect, the Song court strictly controlled the sale of salt and iron to the two lands.

Fortunately, the Yang family was supported by the Nanguo money bank, and some private goods were brought in with the help of the Nanguo money bank team, which was very common.

Moreover, the Yang family also has an iron mine near Fengcheng, so there is no need to worry about it.

The Zhe family was not as lucky as the Yang family.

There is only so much iron, and it will be gone when it is used up.

Secondly, the alloy process controlled by Yang Qi's craftsmen.

Yang Qi spent a lot of money to have people concentrate on researching alloy technology in Mangshan base in the southern country.

Coupled with charcoal fire calcination, the weapons produced are far superior in toughness, hardness, etc. to Zhejia.

Although the Zhe Family had skilled craftsmen, they couldn't master the alloy craft, that is, they couldn't create equipment similar to those used by Yang Qi's subordinates.

Because of these two points, Zhejia had to bow his head to Yang Qi.

"500 taels."

Yang Qi laughed.

Zhe Yuqing gritted her teeth and said, "At most 300 taels, if there is one more big son, we Zhejia will build it ourselves."

Yang Qi said seriously: "400 taels, I will immediately send someone to load the car and deliver it to your residence."

Zhe Yuqing stood up suddenly, pointed at Yang Qi and roared: "I'm your uncle, is there anyone like you who cares about your uncle?"

Yang Qi also stood up, put his hands into his cuffs, and looked as simple as an old farmer, "Second uncle, business belongs to business, and favors belong to favors. If you talk about favors with me today, then don't say anything. Three thousand sets Equipment, you take it away, I don't want a penny."

"you!"

Zhe Yuqing almost vomited blood from anger.

As Yang Qi said, favors belong to favors, and business belongs to business.

If the Zhe family used favors to take away the three thousand sets of equipment today, when they returned the favors in the future, it would not be a matter of a few hundred taels of silver.

Maybe, a set of equipment will cost two lives, or even more.

It is precisely because of this that whether it is Zhe Yuqing or Zhe Yuxun, the price they talked with Yang Qi from the beginning was all about the price.

"350 taels, with the wrought iron recipe in your hand."

The ancients regarded the alloy process as a secret recipe of wrought iron, and did not call it alloy.

For example, when casting copper swords, iron, tungsten and other metals are added to them, which are called secret recipes by them.

Yang Qi narrowed his eyes and said with a sneer, "350 taels, it's like taking away the equipment and the secret recipe of wrought iron, you're dreaming."

"No discussion?"

Zhe Yuqing stared at Yang Qi and asked.

Yang Qi shook his head decisively.

"Hey...Okay, just wait for me."

(End of this chapter)