Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Under Wu Shigong and Xue Yongli's intensive training, the training results of the cavalry and soldiers have greatly improved.In March, after the wooden railings were removed, these soldiers were able to shoot with composure under orders.

And the soldiers are not shooting empty guns now.They have to load the bullets exactly according to the loading procedure of the firecracker.Then, when the horse team rushed over, they shot at the top of the horse team.Facing the "swish" sound of the bullets flying overhead, the horse team was able to keep their movements unchanged.

Wu Shigong also knew: Although so far, such training has not caused the death of soldiers.However, in this kind of training, sooner or later, something will happen.In this regard, Wu Shigong can only be very helpless: sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime!

However, there was one thing that made Wu Shigong very happy.Among them, someone finally knows how to shoot.

The craftsmen and apprentices Wu Shigong recruited were out of the hobby of technicians, and they were introduced by the guards of the Xue residence who had seen how to fire a cannon.They fumbled and fumbled, and actually fired the cannon.

This made Wu Shigong overjoyed.He immediately formed these craftsmen and apprentices into artillery.And raise their military pay to the same level as that of the cavalry, three taels per person per month.Wu Shigong also appointed Liang Hui, the craftsman who first explored the technique of firing artillery, as the captain of the artillery team.

However, what made Wu Shigong a little regretful was that with just a few people in the artillery team, at most one cannon could be fired.And Wu Shigong now has four cannons here.There are still too few people who can fire.

So, Wu Shigong recruited fifty fifteen and sixteen-year-old teenagers in the Thousand Households Office.Wu Shigong no longer dared to recruit strong laborers from the Qianhu Institute.Because, if more strong labor is recruited, it will affect the farming of the Thousand Households.

This time Wu Shigong recruited youngsters in the name of recruiting domestic servants.Therefore, in addition to providing food and housing at Wu Shigong's place, these teenagers are also given an annual rule of five taels of silver.

Wu Shigong selected [-] of these teenagers as auxiliary personnel of the artillery team, and asked Liang Hui and the others to teach them how to fire artillery.Wu Shigong trained these teenagers as reserve personnel for the artillery team.

Wu Shigong asked them to take care of the horses for the other twenty teenagers.Now, although the members of the cavalry are paid a high salary, they are actually working very hard.In addition to training riding skills and taking care of the horses during the day, they have to get up at night to feed their horses several times.

We have all heard a saying, that is - "a horse has no night grass and no fat".The truth of this common saying is: If the horse is not fed at night, it will lose weight.

And with these [-] teenagers taking care of the horses, the team members can concentrate on training.Of course, these teenagers will also receive some basic riding training.They will also be the Colts' reserves.

But in this way, the cashier beside Wu Shigong became even more nervous.What's more, the contradictions between the thousand households and the locality were unknowingly revealed. <It doesn't even rain.According to the judgment of some experienced farmers, it is certain that they will suffer from drought this year.Now it is nothing more than to see if God will let the rain come, so that the disaster situation will be alleviated.

The county magistrate of Naqi has already performed several rituals in the county.Anyway, monks, priests, gods and witches all joined the battle, constantly intimidating and luring the Dragon Lord.

And the grain merchants in the county were also moved after hearing the news, and they hoarded grain one after another.The price of grain quickly rose to four cents and five cents per stone, and it is estimated that it will break through seven cents per stone when the crops are in short supply.Even if the disaster is serious, it is possible to break through one or two stones.

And Yao Yuanwai delivered more than 9000 shi of grain to Wu Shigong one after another, seeing the soaring price of grain, he delayed the delivery at first.Later, when he saw that the situation was wrong, he had a complete showdown with Wu Shigong: he was unwilling to deliver the remaining grain and wanted to end the transaction.

This is not entirely due to Yuanwai Yao's bad character.The gentry at that time, when they were doing business, especially when they traded with local people, they were basically quite trustworthy.

However, Yao Yuanwai basically sold all his surplus grain to Wu Shigong, and he took the rest grain from other gentry.And now the price of food is so high.Yao Yuanwai can't do business at a loss!

But Wu Shigong also knew about the skyrocketing price of grain, so how could he agree with Yuanwai Yao to suspend the grain transaction?So, Wu Shigong personally brought people to the door, and quarreled with Yuanwai Yao several times.In the end, Yuan Yao simply closed the door on Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong was furious, and immediately went to the county government to sue Yuanwai Yao.Seeing that it was such a troublesome matter, County Magistrate Qi began to be a middleman again.

But this time, Wu Shigong and Yao Yuanwai couldn't agree on the conditions.In the end, County Magistrate Qi was annoyed by Wu Shigong.He made a strong judgment.Of course, the judgment of County Magistrate Qi will definitely favor the local gentry Yao Yuanwai.

The county magistrate of Qi made a verdict: let Yao Yuanwai return the money that was not traded for grain to Wu Shigong.And compensate Wu Shigong 50 taels of silver as punishment for Yao Yuanwai to tear up the contract.

Obtaining such a verdict, Yao Yuanwai of course immediately gave Wu Shigong the extra money and compensation money.But Wu Shigong was furious on the spot.He patted the big case in the lobby of the county yamen, and scolded the county magistrate Qi as: "a stupid official." The county magistrate Qi was dizzy by Wu Shigong's spittle.

County Magistrate Qi thought to himself: "Just hold back this breath. Anyway, I will be transferred this year. I don't have to deal with these [-] households anymore."

After Wu Shigong suffered such a dumb loss, his buttocks are still not hot.Unexpectedly, one wave of ups and downs, one wave after another.The military households of the Qianhusuo had already clashed with the local farmers, and now, the two sides had begun to gather their hands, and a large-scale fighting was about to take place.

After Wu Shigong got the news, he rushed to the scene with a large group of soldiers, and first asked the soldiers to separate the two sides of the confrontation that were about to explode.

After all, Wu Shigong is an official. When he saw an official coming forward, those military households and peasants would just talk to you, and I told Wu Shigong my reasons.From their words, Wu Shigong finally understood the reason for their confrontation.

It turned out that what they were fighting for was the water source.We already know that there are hills near the current farmland of Qianhusuo, so the terrain must be relatively high.Originally, several ditches were built in the river next to the town to divert water to the farmland of Qianhusuo, so the problem of getting water was not too big.

But now there is a drought.The farmers in the farmland near the river were afraid that the water in the river would not be enough, so they had to cut off the water in the ditches leading to the farmland of Qianhu.How could the military households of the Thousand Households be cut off by them?The contradiction between the two sides is here.

Without much effort, Qi County Magistrate, who got the news, rushed here with the yamen servants.The local gentry like Yao Yuanwai also arrived.So, under the auspices of Qi County Magistrate, the two sides started mediation work.

In the end, it was Wu Shigong who came up with an idea: "Everyone, I also know that when the disaster hits, many people will be in a mess. However, I just checked the situation of the river and think that the water flow can still satisfy the nearby farmland. water supply."

"This is what I think: now let's organize all the military households in our Thousand Households Office and the tenant farmers in the hands of the non-officials to dredge the river and dig ditches. Try to keep all the nearby farmland. It's better than nothing. good."

"In case the drought becomes more severe and the water flow in the river decreases. Then, the farmland with high terrain should be abandoned first. Even if we abandon the farmland of our Qianhusuo first, this officer will recognize it."

Member Yao and the others whispered to each other for a while, and felt that Wu Shigong's idea was fair.So, they all agreed.

In the end, still under Wu Shigong's suggestion, Wu Shigong and these gentry gave out three to five hundred shi of grain more, and one to two hundred shi of less grain.Collected [-] shi of grain and set up a righteous warehouse to help those farmers.Make sure that they will not starve to death in this calamity year.

The location of the Yicang is located in the fortress of Qianhusuo.In addition to the tight defense here, it is relatively safe.The county magistrate Qi and Yao Yuanwai, the gentry, also noticed that although Wu Shigong usually behaved like a little bit of two hundred and five.However, he was actually quite reasonable.

After solving the trouble here, Naqi county magistrate left in a hurry.Now in this county, there are not one or two incidents of fighting over water sources.County magistrate Qi is still busy going to other places to put out the fire.

After the military households of the Qianhusuo and the local peasants learned about this agreement, their hearts were at ease.After all, in this calamity year, they won't starve to death.So, under the organization of gentry like Wu Shigong and Yao Yuanwai, they all started the work of drought resistance and self-rescue.