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Chapter 145 0142 [When will the incident occur? 】

Nie Dong nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "County magistrate, when shall we start the incident?"

Previously, Han Zhen's ambition was not revealed, everything was just his own guess.

At this moment, after he said it himself, the last trace of doubt in Nie Dong's heart dissipated.

He is different from Liu Qi, he is already a deserter, a muddy character, what else can he lose?
The deserters are worse than the deserters in the mountains. Although both are black households, but the deserters have tattoos on their faces, no matter where they flee, others will know at a glance.

Unable to enter the city, unable to work, they can only open up wasteland and farm in the mountains, or become bandits.

It's better to blog once.

Bo won, sealed his wife and son, and worshiped the general.

Even if you lose the game, it's not in vain to come to the world for a walk.

Thinking of this, he continued: "Nowadays, the two armies of Xiang and Jin are corrupt and can't bear a single battle. Our Qingzhou army is powerful, and now we have a magic weapon in our hands. If we raise an army, the general will dare to use his head as a guarantee. In a few months, it will be able to sweep the 37 counties in the eight prefectures of Jingdong. At that time, it will be called the king of Shandong, and then slowly map it."

Nie Dong became more excited as he spoke, his dark face turned red.

Han Zhen shook his head and laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and persuaded: "Those who achieve great things should guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

"Forgive me, the county magistrate, but Meng Lang is the last general."

Feeling the heavy strength on his shoulders, Nie Dong's heart shuddered, and he clasped his fists and said.

Withdrawing his hand, Han Zhen said solemnly: "You are right. With the current strength of our Qingzhou Army and the advantages of firearms, it is not difficult to take Shandong. Zhao Ting and Liu Mi have been paralyzed, and they cooperated with the spies in the county , Yidu can be captured in an instant. Then the two armies of Zhenhai and Wuwei will be integrated, and the elite will be selected to fill the army, and then Linqu will be taken, and the horses in the four places will be supervised."

"At that time, our Qingzhou army will have tens of thousands of infantry and [-] cavalry, and the four prefectures of Wei, Mi, Lai, and Deng will all be in our pocket."

Nie Dong was heartbroken when he heard it, but then he asked with a puzzled expression, "Then...why do you have to wait?"

Han Zhen didn't answer but asked instead: "Tell me, who will help me manage the 31 counties in the five prefectures? Is it you, or those rough men in the army who can't read all the characters? The powerful families in various states and counties should How to deal with it?"

"This……"

Nie Dong was speechless for a moment.

Only then did he suddenly understand that there were so many ways and considerations in the rebellion.

Looking at Zhang Wanxian and Gaotuoshan from this perspective, Nie Dong only thinks that they are a bunch of idiots.

Han Zhen continued: "Aside from these things, there are more than [-] Western troops in Hebei. Now Zhang Di has been wiped out, and the remnants have fled to the East and West Roads of Beijing. , the Western Army will definitely go south to Shandong, and if we are attacked from both sides, our situation will take a turn for the worse, and we will be in danger of being destroyed at any time."

"What's the county magistrate's opinion?"

Nie Dong asked respectfully.

"Wait!"

Han Zhen said with firm eyes: "Wait for the hoarding of firearms, wait for the army to be ready, wait for the soldiers to practice, and wait for the grain and grass to be full. I will be the king of Chuzhuang, and if I don't make a sound, I will become a blockbuster. The day when the Western Army goes south, I will start an incident." At that time, the first battle is the decisive battle, and the first battle will determine the universe!"

"As long as the Western Army is defeated head-on, the 37 counties in the eight prefectures of Jingdong will surely tremble. With the power of a great victory at that time, who will dare to take the lead?"

The Western Army is the last trump card and reliance of the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty. Only by defeating the Western Army in an upright manner can Song Huizong and the courtiers recognize the reality and bow their heads.

It's a pity that Fang La is here, and lost at the last step.

Not to mention being able to defeat the Western Army, but if he can slightly block the pace of the Western Army, it will not be defeated so quickly. It only needs to be delayed for two or three years. I am afraid that Song Huizong will be the one who is anxious at that time.

Han Zhen learned from Fang La's lessons and formulated a strategic policy from difficult to easy.

If you raise troops rashly, those states and counties will definitely guard against them. With the height of the city and the thickness of the pool, it will take a lot of effort to win them one by one.

After winning the key, he turned his head and still had to meet the Western Army head-on.

Instead of doing this, it is better to continue to lie dormant, defeat the Western Army first in a full-blown posture, and gnaw off the hardest bone.

At that time, with the prestige of defeating the Western Army, and then taking the Shandong states, it will be countless times easier.

Hearing this, Nie Dong couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he said in admiration: "The county magistrate has a good opinion!"

Han Zhen exhorted: "Drill the soldiers well during this time, whether we can succeed or not depends on this battle!"

"The county magistrate, don't worry, the general will go all out!"

Nie Dong clenched his fist with one hand and slammed it heavily on his heart, making a dull sound.

After all, he asked: "County magistrate, now that Liu Kai has gone, what about the position of commander of the cavalry battalion?"

As Luosha continued to transport horses during this period, the number of cavalry battalions has now reached 500.

These 500 people are all elites selected from more than [-] infantry.

It does not mean that there are as many cavalry as there are horses.

The heavy armored cavalry has a high load. A cavalry weighs 150 catties alone, and the heavy armor weighs more than [-] catties. Adding weapons, bows and crossbows, it is already more than [-] catties.

In addition, the war horse is also covered with iron armor. In this way, a war horse can carry up to three hundred catties.

Even the Jingdong horse, known for its endurance, cannot maintain such a high load for long-term combat.

Therefore, Han Zhen adopted the strategy of riding four horses.

That is, two war horses, one pack horse, and one walking horse.

The pack horse and the walking horse are used for carrying weight and riding during the march, and the two war horses are used for combat in turn. In this way, the durability of the cavalry on the battlefield can be ensured.

It is not an exaggeration to have four horses per person. At the peak of Jingsai cavalry, there were five horses per person, and all five horses were high-quality war horses.

The cavalry was forcibly piled up with money.

No money?

Then you can only engage in infantry honestly.

After all, how much is the ordnance needed for an infantry?

Even for infantry armor, the manufacturing cost is only around [-] guan, plus other weapons, the maximum is [-] guan.

But the cavalry is different. Apart from other things, only the four horses are as high as more than [-] rounds.

Moreover, raising these war horses is not a small expense.

Han Zhen ordered: "The position of battalion commander will be temporarily replaced, and this guy will come back soon."

"Order!"

Nie Dong clasped his fists and said.

Han Zhen thought for a while, and ordered: "A letter from Yidu County, saying that three hundred horses will arrive today, plus one hundred infantry armor, and the army will be expanded by another thousand tomorrow!"

In the previous formation of the cavalry battalion, [-] elites have been transferred from the infantry battalion, and there is no time to replenish them.

Now another [-] war horses have been delivered, and it is time to expand the army again.

Hearing Bu Renjia, Nie Dong's expression brightened: "This Luo Sha really has some tricks, it would be even better if he got another batch of god arm crossbows."

"Take your time, there will be!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly, put on the experimental heavy armor, and walked towards the barracks.

Heavy armor is in short supply now, so it can't be wasted.

This heavy armor was only pierced in a few places by barbed wire, and was sent to the official workshop for a little repair, and it can continue to be used after replacing some nail leaves.

Carrying the heavy armor, Han Zhen rode his horse back to the county seat.

Linzi County is very busy now, with caravans coming in and out, and the streets rubbing shoulders.

Quite a bit of the meaning of returning to the light, recreating the grand occasion of the capital of Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period.

This is one of the dividends brought by the pillar industry.

With more floating population, business will naturally prosper.

A caravan has dozens of people at most, and hundreds of people at most. These caravans transported goods to Linzi County, and it was impossible to leave immediately, and they had to rest for a whole day or two.

For a couple of days, do you have to stay in a hotel for dinner?
Do cattle, horses and livestock need to be fed with fodder?

Do you have to have some fun in Washizi?
These can boost the local economy.

……

Han Zhen didn't go to the official workshop first, but went straight back to the county government office.

There are more than [-] scribes and tax collectors in Boting, and the office space is not enough, so that several houses have been expanded.

To be honest, as a middle-level county, Linzi County has a population of only [-] to [-], so there is no need for so many subordinate staff.

Even in Wang County around Gyeonggi, there are only dozens of scribes and tax collectors.

There are more than 200 subordinate officials, and the monthly salary alone is a lot of money.

The subordinate officials didn't understand this, but Changzhi County was like a mirror in his heart.

The reason why so many scholars recruited subordinate officials was because they had promised that subordinate officials could become officials in the future.

But in Linzi County, counting the chief secretary and the county magistrate, there are only two official positions vacant, which is not enough at all.

These subordinate officials are all reserve officers of the prefectures and counties on Jingdong Road in the future.

Han Zhen said to wait, not only for the army, but also for these subordinates.

After the uprising, every time a prefecture and county is conquered, an outstanding subordinate staff can be sent to be promoted to an official and go to manage it.

This move can not only rectify subordinate officials, but also attract unsatisfactory scholars to join them, and it also solves the management problems of the prefectures and counties in the future.

Three birds with one stone!
Don’t think that subordinate staff are inferior to officials. In fact, subordinate staff have more advantages than officials in terms of grassroots governance, because subordinate staff climbed up from the bottom step by step. How to carry out disaster relief is clear.

On the contrary, those officials, one by one, have been studying hard for more than ten years. Once they are admitted to Jinshi, they are then sent to a state and a county to manage tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people. They have no experience at all, and they still have to rely on their subordinates the subordinate staff.

As usual, after Xun Hong Yasi inquired about the situation in the county, Han Zhen began to plan the gunpowder workshop with a pen.

The secret recipe of gunpowder is more important than refined salt.

Therefore, confidentiality should be placed first, followed by production efficiency.

Unlike the salt factory, he planned to dismantle the entire gunpowder workshop into three.

Build a nitrate factory in Xiaodong Village and a sulfur factory in Yangzhuang.

These two workshops are only responsible for the purification of saltpeter and sulfur, leaving nothing else.

After purification, they are uniformly transported to the gunpowder workshop set up deep in the military camp.

The gunpowder workshop in the barracks was once again dismantled into three separate workshops for blending, granulation and filling.

The blending workshop is only responsible for weighing and blending the three materials in proportion.

The prepared gunpowder is transported to the granulation workshop, where the powdered gunpowder is made into granular gunpowder, and finally sent to the filling workshop to be made into a complete firearm.

In this way, it can not only improve the confidentiality, but also ensure the efficiency of the assembly line operation.

This is the best way to keep it secret that Han Zhen can think of without affecting production efficiency.

Those who want to get the complete formula of gunpowder must go through all five workshops of nitrate making, sulfur making, and the three workshops in the barracks.

But if one of the procedures is missing, the effect of the imitation explosives will be greatly reduced.

After writing the plan, Han Zhen ordered someone to call Craftsman Yuan.

Not long after, Craftsman Yuan rushed over sweating profusely: "I don't know what orders the county magistrate has for me?"

"Just take a look."

Han Zhen handed over the plan in his hand.

After receiving it, Craftsman Yuan lowered his head and looked carefully.

After reading it, he was puzzled and said: "County magistrate, why don't you integrate the three workshops together, so that you can save a lot of money during construction."

Han Zhen waved his hand and said, "You don't need to worry about this matter, just tell me that it will be completed in a few days."

Craftsman Yuan made some calculations in his mind, and pondered: "It will be completed in about ten days."

Ten days?

Han Zhen shook his head, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "It's too slow, can you go faster."

Craftsman Yuan replied: "Yes, yes, if we recruit more workers like we built the barracks before, it will take three to five days."

"Okay, I will leave this matter to you, and your reward will be indispensable if you finish it."

"The county magistrate is relieved."

Craftsman Yuan assured.

Today, the craftsmen of their official workshops are the most loyal to Han Zhen.

The former Master Xu was an official hand-picked by the court, but as a result, these craftsmen couldn't even eat.

Most of the craftsmen in the government-run workshops could not survive, and ran away to the mountains as escapees.

Since Han Zhen took over Linzi County, the status of these craftsmen has risen, the monthly salary has also increased, and there are rewards from time to time, and the small life is extremely prosperous.

Now, Craftsman Yuan can't hear the word "anti-thief" the most.

If anyone dared to mention Han Zhen as a traitor in front of him, he would be a big slap in the face.

"If the county magistrate has nothing to do, I will go to work."

Craftsman Yuan was about to leave, but was stopped by Han Zhen.

"and many more."

Hearing this, Craftsman Yuan stopped, waiting for Han Zhen's next words.

"Have many people from the official workshops fled to the mountains?"

"That's true."

Craftsman Yuan nodded, and replied: "There are more than 230 people in the official workshop, but now there are only 140 or six people left."

Han Zhen tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and pondered: "You have worked hard these few days. After building the workshop, help me pick out ten craftsmen. Craftsmanship is second. You must be honest and honest. It is best to have children at home. female."

"I see."

Craftsman Yuan was puzzled by this strange request, but he wisely didn't ask.

"Go."

Han Zhen waved his hand.

After Craftsman Yuan left, Han Zhen sat for a while, then got up and walked towards the county government hall.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Changzhi County who had just returned from the outside.

I saw him wearing a bamboo hat on his head, his trouser legs rolled up, his feet were covered with mud, he looked like an old farmer.

Han Zhen asked curiously, "Is Changzhi County going to the fields?"

Taking off the bamboo hat, raising the cuffs and wiping the sweat off his face, Chang Zhixian replied, "I went to inspect the canal."

Since summer, there has been a severe drought.

In order to preserve the corn harvest at the end of autumn, Changzhi County summoned peasants to dig a canal early in the morning, planning to divert a tributary from Mianshui.

Han Zhen asked concerned: "How is the canal repaired?"

"Most of the digging has been done, and it will be over in a few days. After the completion, it will be convenient for the villages of Yangzhuang and Zaocun to get water."

Chang Zhixian looked relieved, and felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

(End of this chapter)