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Chapter 149 0146 [County magistrate, I'm back again! 】

Liu Kai was taken aback for a moment, and then a flash of astonishment flashed in his eyes: "There are so many ways?"

Earlier, he thought that Han Zhen raised the salaries and promotions of the subordinates to facilitate the rectification of the subordinates, but he did not expect that there was such a scheme hidden behind it.

No wonder there are so many subordinate officials in a small county government office in Linzi County.

At that time, he was still wondering why he recruited so many subordinates, wouldn't he eat public food for nothing?

Now Liu Kai understands that these subordinates will be officials from various places in the future!
As expected of the county magistrate, he is really thoughtful and far-sighted!

Thinking of this, the admiration in Liu Kai's heart became stronger.

At this moment, Xie Ding felt cold all over his body and his hands and feet trembled.

He is a literati, a scholar-bureaucrat in Song Taizu's mouth, and a person with vested interests, so his feelings are the deepest.

If Han Zhen really wins the world, the status of literati will plummet.

At that time, the scholarly prestige accumulated by the Xie family in Fuyang for several generations will be in vain.

He had looked down on Han Zhen before, thinking that the other party had taken a fancy to the reputation of the Xie family in Fuyang, and wanted to tie the Xie family to a chariot.

Now that I have figured this out, I turned around and looked at him, and he was not taken seriously at all.

Hold the attitude of gratifying and worry-free.

No wonder he would easily let Zhu'er back.

How ridiculous!

Suppressing the churning thoughts in his heart, Xie Ding thought for a moment, then said seriously: "Zhu'er, you can go back to Linzi County in a few days!"

"what?"

Liu Kai had a look of disbelief.

After he reacted, he looked puzzled, and said falteringly: "Uncle, I was driven back."

He naturally wanted to go back, but the point was that he had no face to go back.

Xie Ding asked, "Why did Han Zhen drive you away?"

Liu Kai replied dejectedly: "I...I don't want to hurt my family."

"You can take care of your family and not act with passion, which means you have grown up."

Xie Ding looked relieved, then lowered his voice, and said seriously: "You don't have to worry about it at home, I will write a book on your father's side to clarify the pros and cons."

Liu Kai said pleasantly: "Uncle also plans to defect to the county magistrate?"

"It's not considered defection, it's just to leave a way for Xie and Liu's family." Xie Ding shook his head.

Although Liu Kai's words are convincing, no matter what, Han Zhen now only occupies one county.

With this little power, it is impossible for Xie Ding's whole family to join him.

However, it is also worth his Xie family's bet.

"I see."

Liu Kai nodded with a half understanding.

"It's late at night, go to bed earlier."

After Xie Ding finished speaking, he got up and left.

……

The next day.

Early in the morning, after Liu Kai greeted Xie Ding, he took the coiling dragon stick, rode on his horse, and left the city excitedly.

Xie Ding asked him to go back in a few days, but he didn't want to stay in Qiancheng County for a day, it was so boring.

Where are the naughty soldiers in the army?

In the eyes of other soldiers, Liu Kai found the boring drill quite interesting.

In Han Zhen's words, he is a born general.

The yamen servant on duty at the city gate was surprised and said: "The little yamen only came back yesterday, why are you going out again today?"

"Take a trip."

Liu Kai smiled mysteriously, and then galloped away.

……

"Is this the stepper?"

In the barracks, Han Zhen and Nie Dong are inspecting the goods.

On top of the ox cart, there were wooden boxes, one of which was opened, revealing the armor inside.

In order to prevent rust, the nail leaves of the armor were soaked in grease, and at this moment, under the scorching sun, they reflected bursts of cold light.

"That's right!"

Nie Dong nodded, reached out to pick up a piece of shoulder armor from the wooden box, and showed it: "Mayor, please look, these armor leaves are designed in a pagoda stack, and each layer can be stretched up and down, leaving room for additional armor leaves. It is also more convenient to wear because of the gap, and if the battle is urgent, one person can also wear it."

"I'll try."

Han Zhen took the shoulder armor and began to put it on.

The whole set of infantry armor is composed of five parts: the collar, the body armor, the shoulder armor and the breast armor.

The difference from ordinary heavy armor is that the infantry armor is divided into two layers of body armor, the inner and outer layers, plus a breastplate, which is equivalent to three layers of protection in front of the body.

If there are more armor plates attached, even the god arm crossbow and armor-piercing cone cannot be shot through, and only blunt weapons such as copper hammers and heavy axes can be used to injure the soldiers in the armor.

Indeed, as Nie Dong said, the stepper armor is extremely convenient to wear.

Under his guidance, Han Zhen quickly finished dressing alone.

Putting down the collar on the pocket, the whole body was completely covered by the thick iron armor, only a pair of eyes were exposed.

He was already tall and strong, but wearing the infantry armor at this moment, he looked like a god of death, which was daunting.

After moving his hands and feet, he tried a series of actions such as jumping, running, and swinging a knife, and found that this set of armor was extremely ingeniously designed and basically did not affect the combat.

Gollum!

Seeing Han Zhen wearing infantry armor and rushing back and forth in the barracks like the wind, Nie Dong and others couldn't help swallowing.

Wang He, who came to deliver the goods, was even more stunned.

It took a long time for Wang He to choke out such a sentence: "Magistrate Han... is really brave."

After running for a while, Han Zhen came back without being out of breath, and commented: "The design is good, but it's still a little light. How much can you increase the weight?"

The weight of more than 50 kilograms is really nothing to Han Zhen's physique.

light?
The corner of Nie Dong's mouth twitched, and he replied truthfully: "The maximum weight gain can be up to ninety catties, and there will be no place to install any more nail leaves."

"Ah."

Han Zhen nodded and took off the infantry armor.

After opening the wooden boxes one by one and inspecting one hundred sets of infantry armor one by one, he smiled at Wang He and said, "Wang Duyu has worked hard, the county has prepared food and drinks, why don't you rest for a night before leaving?"

Wang He was a little moved, but he still declined politely: "I can't rest, I have to go back to work as soon as possible."

This time, the Burenjia was sold for a total of [-] guan. How could Luo Sha feel at ease with such a large sum, and ordered him to rush back to Yidu County immediately after taking the money.

Hearing this, Han Zhen said: "Since that's the case, then I won't keep it. The money has been prepared, and Wang Duyu will order some."

The two came all the way to the warehouse, and Han Zhen pointed to the two sacks placed in the corner.

Wang He immediately stepped forward, opened the brocade bag, dipped some white powder into his mouth.

Feeling the sweetness from the tip of his tongue, Wang He nodded with a smile on his face.

white sugar!

Due to the large amount of this transaction, the copper coins are too conspicuous.

Therefore, Han Zhen negotiated with Luo Sha to settle the settlement with white sugar.

I thought that Luo Sha would be reluctant, but who would have thought that Luo Sha would agree immediately.

Calculated by forty guan for every two ounces of white sugar, 120 guan is [-] five catties.

The two brocade bags were packed away without attracting anyone's attention.

Speaking of which, Luo Sha's promise was so straightforward, thanks to Han Zhen's strict control over the sugar output, he put ten catties on the market every month.

How can ten catties be enough?
After the stimulation of these ten catties of white sugar, the price not only did not drop, but rose a little more.

Luo Sha is not stupid either, for the white sugar obtained by one tael for forty guan, if he resells it to Tokyo City, he can make at least another [-] to [-] guan.

Not long after, Wang He left with two bags of sugar.

Watching his leaving back, Han Zhen's mouth curled into a smile.

More than 100 catties of white sugar, including the loss, cost only a hundred guan, and it was exchanged for a hundred pairs of infantry armor, which is really a huge profit.

It's a pity that sugar, a lucrative luxury, cannot last long.

When the market is saturated, the price will plummet.

But before the plunge, Han Zhen will use sugar to earn enough supplies.

For example, the 12 shi of grain in the granary in Yidu County...

At this moment, Nie Dong is sending someone to move the stepper into the arsenal.

Han Zhen stepped over, looked for the warehouse official in charge of the arsenal and asked, "How many kinds of armor are there today?"

Nowadays, not only hydraulic forging workshops, but also several blacksmith shops in the county town, and the blacksmith shop in Xiaowang Village are also continuously producing ordnance.

Although the efficiency is not as good as that of the hydraulic workshop, it adds up to a lot.

The treasury official said like a few treasures: "report to the county magistrate, now counting the 340 sets of infantry armor that have just entered the warehouse, there are [-] pairs of horse-step heavy armor, [-] pairs of light armor for the whole body, [-] pairs of armor for the half body, and [-] pairs of leather armor. A thousand and two hundred pieces."

The so-called light armor is just a name, and it weighs about 45 catties.

The reason why it is called light armor is that it is a little over ten catties lighter than the weight of heavy armor.

After all, even half of the armor weighed nearly twenty catties.

Han Zhen made some calculations in his mind. If the hydraulic forging workshop is running at full capacity and working day and night, it will be enough to produce another [-] sets of heavy cavalry armor in two months, allowing all cavalry to be equipped with heavy armor.

How could Luo Sha get another four or five hundred infantry armor during this period? Such a heavy armored infantry was enough.

For the remaining pawns, take the lightly loaded route to ensure mobility.

After all, the main point of fancy dress is to be flexible in one hand, and to use it with firearms, it is even more powerful.

Seeing the sun go down, Han Zhen greeted Nie Dong and got on his horse to go back to the county.

As soon as he left the barracks, he heard a rush of horseshoes on the official road.

Han Zhen poked his head to look, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

It was Liu Kai who came!

He knew that Liu Kai would come back, but he didn't expect to come back so quickly, less than a day later.

"Magistrate, I'm back!"

Seeing Han Zhen, Liu Kai immediately grinned happily.

When he approached on horseback, Han Zhen asked with a smile, "Have you explained everything at home?"

The fact that Liu Qi can come back shows that Xie Ding has compromised.

"Ok!"

Liu Kai nodded.

Han Zhen asked again: "Did your uncle let you bring a message?"

Liu Kai said truthfully, "That's not true."

"I see, you go back to the barracks."

"County magistrate, then I'm going."

Liu Kai rushed into the barracks with an excited look on his horse.

Looking at his back, Han Zhen couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

Xie Ding, this old fox, really doesn't see a rabbit and doesn't scatter a hawk.

He asked Liu Qi to come back, but he didn't say anything, which showed that he wanted to place a bet on himself, but he didn't want to get too involved.

If Han Zhen's uprising fails, there will be room for maneuver at that time, so that Liu and Xie's family will not be completely implicated.

Han Zhen can understand this.

Xie Ding did not represent himself, but also the hundreds of members of the Xie family, as well as the prestige accumulated over the generations, he couldn't help but be careless.

At least off to a good start.

(End of this chapter)