Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong didn't even know that Wang Mi was making small movements behind his back.He is now yelling at He Fei in front of a group of military officers: "You bastards, how did you train your soldiers? The appearance of these soldiers is not as good as the group of little dolls I saw Tao Xin training a few days ago... ..."

According to Wu Shigong's original order, the four armies outside this time sent a centurion to the camp for training. In the confrontation training, He Fei helped the military centurion trained by Yu Ji to win the last place.

But you must know that the Qianhusuo fortress and the militia have been training for a long time, and they should have good training results.But Qian Qi broke up and supplemented Lei Ying's [-] bandits, and their training results were not bad, which was the effect of Qian Qi's strict training of soldiers.

As for the military households trained by He Fei, they should have been trained for a while on the way to King Qin, and they all fought head-on with the Tartars.But after returning, after so many months of training, those military households were still loose.That must be the result of the military officers brought by He Fei not paying close attention to training.How could this make Wu Shigong not angry?

After yelling at He Fei, Wu Shigong pointed at He Fei and said: "You! Dismissed, the other military officers who went will be downgraded to one level, and their military pay will be withheld for two months. You all come back, return to the personal army, and see me How to train you bastards."

"Sanhe, you immediately go to the personal army to pick a dozen people to go to Guidewei. Hurry up and let those military households make up for the missed lessons. Tell Yu Ji and them again, they just came here and don't understand what's going on here According to the rules, I will forgive the first time. If there is another time, I will double the punishment. Yongzi, you should not stay in the fortress of Qianhusuo all day long, but keep an eye on the other ones in Guide Mansion. Two armies."

Wu Shigong angrily left the group of pale-faced military officers. Today, he has made an appointment to visit Yang Goudan's relocated blacksmith workshop.

Shumo on the side was careful, and advised: "Young master, don't be angry. In fact, the soldiers trained by Chief He can be regarded as elite soldiers in the Ming army."

"Nonsense!" Wu Shigong immediately yelled, "Why don't you compare those soldiers with the rioters of the Holy Spirit Society? Our army is going to face the Tartars. And you yourself, you know how to practice everything. Everything is simple, besides being able to build a tortoise shell, can you also win some face for the young master and me in other places?"

Shumo immediately shut his mouth, feeling like he was shot while lying down.

After a while, Deng Qifan also advised: "My lord, although the students don't understand military training, they also know that they should be relaxed during military training. From the student's point of view, there will be no major dangers in Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion in the near future. Your lord's Soldiers can still be supported by the master."

To be honest, all of Wu Shigong's subordinates were a little puzzled by Wu Shigong's frenzied training of soldiers after he returned to Henan.They all believe that such a war should not be fought in the near future, and since they all have official status, they can relax.Especially He Fei and the others, because without Wu Shigong's supervision, they are simply herding sheep.

Could Wu Shigong's attitude towards Deng Qifan be the same as that of Shumo? He sighed and explained: "Mr. Deng also read the Dibao a few days ago. Although our Henan province is peaceful, Shanxi across the river , it’s earth-shattering there.”

"The Shanxi bandits have already formed the 36th Battalion in Shanxi. They elected Chuang Wang, Chuang General, Eight Great Kings and so on. They have become a big force. In case they flee to Henan, if our soldiers do not If you practice well, you may not even have time to cry."

"Your Excellency is a little overwhelmed. Is the Yellow River's natural danger so easy? Besides, there are imperial troops stationed on both sides of the Yellow River, and those Shaanxi bandits can't fly over even if they have wings. Also, we Guide Mansion and Runing The mansion is in the southernmost part of Henan, even if those Shaanxi bandits cross the Yellow River, they will not know the year of the monkey when they arrive here."

Wu Shigong shook his head, and then explained: "This Shaanxi bandit also crossed the natural barrier of the Yellow River from Shaanxi to Shanxi. Once there is the first time, there is no guarantee that there will be a second time. Although our Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion are in the southernmost part of Henan. But I have worked for the king once, and I can see it clearly, except for the white soldiers of my godmother, the other Ming soldiers are unreliable!"

While speaking, Wu Shigong came to the blacksmith workshop.Yang Goudan had brought those craftsmen along and was waiting for Wu Shigong at the door.After Wu Shigong and his party arrived, accompanied by Yang Goudan, they briefly visited the blacksmith workshop and listened to Yang Goudan's introduction about the production situation.

Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan, "Are there any difficulties in the workshop now?"

"I don't have anything else, but I'm busy making weapons and farming tools now. There is a shortage of manpower and iron materials."

"Manpower is easy to manage. You can go to those folks who build big camps to choose. It will be no problem to choose three or 400 people. Also, don't always think about hiding your secrets. In the past few years, apart from your few There are not many apprentices who become craftsmen. I know your thoughts, teach apprentices, and starve the master to death. But I tell you, I want to promote some people with good skills and teach many apprentices among the craftsmen. If you are promoted to a master craftsman, the master craftsman will get a high salary, and I will give them an official title, don't miss this opportunity!"

"Hey!" Yang Goudan immediately smiled, for the craftsmen like Yang Goudan, being an official is no longer a dream, but a final fantasy.Now that he got Wu Shigong's promise, Yang Goudan immediately felt his blood boil.

"As for the iron material, I will arrange for people from the store to go to Nanyang Mansion once. Li Shoubei there is a relative of this officer, and he will always find a way to get a lot of cheap iron material."

After inspecting the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong was quite satisfied with Yang Goudan.After moving the blacksmith workshop to Runing Mansion, under the management of Yang Goudan, the blacksmith workshop quickly resumed its original production capacity.

What's even more valuable is that, apart from being busy making weapons and agricultural tools, the blacksmith workshop can also produce more than 100 firecrackers and nearly ten pairs of armor every month.Therefore, Wu Shigong gave a silver reward to all the craftsmen and apprentices in the blacksmith workshop.

Before leaving, Wu Shigong and Yang Goudan had a private conversation. Wu Shigong asked Yang Goudan to manufacture four more three-pound cannons and develop a six-pound cannon between now and the end of the year.In addition, the development of the twelve-pound gun should also be strengthened.

Wu Shigong kept Yang Rusong, the leader of the personal army, and gave him three days off.Wu Shigong learned from the inner house that Yang Goudan's wife has already found a marriage for Yang Rusong, and they are waiting for Yang Rusong's blind date when he is on vacation.

These days, Wu Shigong also took care of the civil affairs department.As Wu Shigong's chief aide, Deng Qifan took charge of Wu Shigong's study.Under the study, there is also a du li accountant.

Wu Shigong also set up a civil affairs department, the person in charge is Zheng Zhen, who mainly manages affairs related to farming.

As for the workshops, Wu Shigong still let the workshops operate independently, and any specific affairs were handled by the study room.Originally, Wu Shigong wanted to establish a workshop division, but Wu Shigong was unable to find the person in charge of a workshop division.Yang Goudan is the most suitable for this position, and because he is busy with affairs in the most important blacksmith workshop, he will definitely not be able to get away in a short time.

The trading post will be expanded into a trading house.That name gave rise to a very vulgar Four Seas Firm.When Yuan Xingshan returns from Yangzhou, he will become the big shopkeeper of the firm.

As Wu Shigong's master, Zhang Xuebin is mainly responsible for some official affairs.However, Wu Shigong wanted to take out this department, and in the future he would also do some things in making friends with officials and gentry and in diplomacy.But now because there is only Zhang Xuebin alone, the establishment of this department has to be done slowly.

Wu Shigong also selected a boy named He Taiyun from the earliest children who came to Wu Shigong to teach here, and let him be in charge of the Department of Education and Culture, mainly to teach soldiers and children to read and write.

The one who is more free is Chih-chih. With some doctors and doctors recruited by Wu Shigong, some apprentices who taught medicine by Chih-gong himself, and soldiers sent over by Wu Shigong, he set up a medical department.

However, Chi Chi did not become the head of the Department of Medicine.He even built a small temple on the mountain next to the camp to practice.And Wu Shigong's wives who believed in Buddhism also donated a lot of money for the construction of this small temple.For this situation, Wu Shigong could only smile wryly and shake his head.

During the stalemate between Wu Shigong and Yangzhou salt merchant Qijia, Wang Mi, the treasurer of Qijia, was uncomfortable, but in fact Wu Shigong was also very uncomfortable here.As his biggest source of income, Wu Shigong has not received any salt supply for several months.And now, Wu Shigong's survival is almost exhausted.Wu Shigong was looking forward to Yuan Xingshan bringing him good news from Yangzhou.

Looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, Yuan Xingshan finally came back.But when Wu Shigong asked about Yuan Xingshan's situation, his expression was very strange, and he said a result that made Wu Shigong feel unbelievable.

Yuan Xingshan told Wu Shigong: After he arrived in Yangzhou this time, he met Lu Jianchen and Lu Jianyin, the head of the Lu family.They told Yuan Xingshan that the Lu family had been confiscated of the Yanyin in their hands, and had been squeezed out of the circle of salt merchants, and could no longer provide salt goods to Wu Shigong.As for the reason why the Lu family was squeezed out of the salt merchant circle, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen didn't say anything, and out of taboo, Yuan Xingshan didn't ask either.

However, the Lu family now still has a small salt farm and dozens of ships transporting salt. The Lu family proposed to Yuan Xingshan that they would give the salt farm and the boat to Wu Shigong.Of course, Wu Shigong also had to meet several conditions of the Lu family.As for the conditions, Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen did not say either.

However, because the matter was so important, the Lu family asked Wu Shigong to go to Yangzhou in person to have a detailed interview with Lu Jianyin and Lu Jianchen.

Such a great thing that fell from the sky made Wu Shigong and the others hesitate.Everyone knew that since the Lu family was willing to pay such a high price, the conditions proposed must be very difficult.

In the end, Wu Shigong made the decision resolutely and went to Yangzhou once.This victory is sought in danger, and if there is an advantage, it is not in vain.At most, he would find that he couldn't do it and rejected the Lu family's conditions.This time he went to Yangzhou, Wu Shigong decided to bring back some salt no matter what.