Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 304 Supporting Shan Shiqi

Counting money in the cashier made his hands cramp, Shan Shiqi was very happy to see it, this is not selling anything, it is clearly counting money.There is nothing bad about Chaijiazhuang products.Glass mirrors are so novel. Rich businessmen buy large size mirrors for 300 taels of silver, and almost buy mirrors of size [-] or [-]. In addition, there are professional scalpers who buy them and hype them, so this kind of queuing to buy is caused. scene of things.

"Master, Mr. Wu has arrived in the backyard." He came over and reported to Shan Shiqi.

"Oh, follow me to meet you." Shan Shiqi hurried to the backyard when he heard that Wu Yong was here.

Shan Shiqi saw that Wu Yong had also brought three big carts of goods, and said, "Mr. Wu, what good things did you send?"

"Soap, the supply of soap was not available a while ago, but the supply has been sufficient these days, and the commercial company sent it through the four-sea car dealership." Wu Yong said as he moved the soap away, revealing the contents of the box inside, which turned out to be sharp spearheads. There are also weapons such as Pu Daotou.

On the other cart was a meter-and-a-half-meter-long hardwood pole. The machine-processed poles were straight and smooth, not at the same level as those felled by hand.

Shan Shiqi looked at it and put it on again, then lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Wu, recently I heard that the tiger is recruiting troops, but the huge city of Taiyuan is so strong, can he take it down?"

"Who knows if you can't take it down? The situation is clear here. You can't control the affairs of Taiyuan. If the situation changes, you can go back to the Shanjiazhuang. These things are for you to protect your home. Be careful. Don't be careless." Wu Yong said.

Shan Shiqi deeply believed that rich people are fat sheep, and they want to eat when the government comes, and they also want to eat when the bandits come.

Shan Shiqi said: "Mr. Wu, don't worry, I, Shan Shiqi, are not easy to mess with. There are very few opponents who get shot in the crotch horseshoe."

"That's the best. My brother has prepared [-] spears and [-] knives for you. You can use them well and protect yourself. The biggest problem is food and grass. From now on, collect more food and grass in the village and prepare wells. If something happens, all the nearby affiliated villages will take refuge in your mountain village, which will also strengthen the power of your village." Wu Yong reminded.

Shan Shiqi decided to learn from Chaijiazhuang from his hometown, and train the strong men when there is nothing to do. Once something happens, he can quickly pull up a team of thousands of people to protect his homeland.

But people always have a fluke mentality, and feel that if Tian Hu raises an army, he may not come to his own village. Although he pays attention to it, he does not pay enough attention to it.

"This autumn's harvest is bad. Let's hurry up and recruit another [-] strong men to go to Cangzhou. Even if Tian Hu raises an army, he won't have enough soldiers for him to recruit," Wu Yong said.

Shan Shiqi's jaw almost dropped in surprise, and he asked in surprise: "Mr. Wu, how much work does Chaijiazhuang have to do, and can it accommodate so many people?"

"The islands above the sea are like the stars in the sky. There are more fish in the sea than rice in the rice barn. The big boat built by my brother is three or four stories high, and there are not enough people. Just hurry up and recruit. Don't worry, your hard-earned money is indispensable." Wu Yong said.

Shan Shiqi shook his head: "It's not a matter of money or not, I'm just curious. After a while, I'll go to the sea to have a look. It's such a long sea and I didn't take a boat to go out to see the islands."

"No problem, Brother Shan is welcome to visit." Wu Yong said.

The number of people recruited from spring to summer to autumn this year can be said to be very large, almost 4 people.But Chaijiazhuang is a bottomless pit, and there are too many factories and houses to be built.Horse farms, pig farms, salt farms, etc. all need a lot of manpower. More than 1 people in the early stage have been transferred to Yangma Island to open up wasteland, and they have to be transferred to Yangma Island one after another.

However, with the popularity of Chaijiazhuang, manual recruitment has gradually begun to be effortless. Artisans and craftsmen from Daming Mansion, Qingzhou Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Dengzhou Mansion and many other places began to look for jobs in Cangzhou one after another. , Looking for a job to do.

When Wu Yong came back from Taiyuan Mansion, he happened to catch up with Chai Lin who also came back from Gaotang. Seeing Chai Lin hurrying, Wu Yong asked, "Brother, why are you in such a hurry?"

"A few days ago, I discovered that a small number of Dongying pirates landed on Yangma Island and fled after fighting with the Sword and Shield Camp. I was worried that there would be a large group of pirates, so I planned to bring people to support them." Chailin said.

Wu Yong said, "Who does my brother plan to send over there?"

Chai Lin said: "I plan to send Li Kui over there. Recently, Li Kui's battalion of light infantry has taken in Jiao Ting and Bao Xu one after another, and the number of soldiers has increased from 400 to [-]. Moreover, most of these soldiers are from bandits and pirates, and they are more temperamental. Barbaric, just right for fighting pirates."

"Brother, take me with you. During this trip to Taiyuan, Shan Shiqi was worried that there would be no place for so many people we recruited, so I just went to see how big Yangma Island is." Wu Yong said.

"That's fine, as long as you don't feel tired, let's rush to the beach immediately."

At the Dinghai Port Wharf, there are five lucky boats with masts like forests, and thousands of iron-shoeed horses are being transferred to the ships, each with more than 200 horses.

More than [-] craftsmen and strong men lined up in an orderly manner and boarded the big ship.Fortunately, the Dafu boat has three floors, so people and animals are mixed together so that it doesn't stink too much.

Wu Yong clicked his mouth and remained silent for a long time: "I haven't been here for a few months, and there are five big blessing boats in the water army camp?"

"Yes, the navy that Ruan Xiaoqi is in charge of has been renamed the First Battalion of the Navy. Now it is equipped with five steam ships, two of which are passenger ships, and the other three are warships. There is no ship building and a large transparent deck. It is suitable for transporting a large number of horses, manpower, etc. The station of the first battalion of the navy has also been changed, and it is stationed on Yangma Island. Now Chai Yong, the former battalion commander of the pro-military battalion, has formed the second battalion of the navy, stationed at Hailong Island, equipped with four blessing boats And five centipede boats. Zhuangshang’s treasurer, Li Yun, has built a huge shipping fleet, owning three flat-bottomed sand boats and fifty 30-meter centipede boats, transporting materials along the coast, and trading. The next step is to set up a transport ship The team is in charge of my brother-in-law Zhang Han," said Chai Lin.

Looking up, a huge storage wharf was built in the originally desolate Dinghai Port.The scale of the shipbuilding workshop has also become very large, with at least 800 craftsmen coming and going, and ten flat-bottomed sand boats on the berth are under intense and orderly construction.Not far away, there are craftsman dormitories, offices, timber warehouses, etc. in a small two-story building.

"These ten ships were built for my brother-in-law's transport team. My brother-in-law got angry and paid 1 taels of silver out of his own pocket. If he wants to be a maritime merchant, I will support him." Chailin said.

Not far away is a huge construction site, and craftsmen are building new villages, which are houses distributed for senior craftsmen in various workshops, and they want to bring their families and settle down.

"This development is too fast. I remember that a few months ago, this place was still desolate, but in a blink of an eye, it was just a block of buildings. It seems that my brother used a fairy method." Wu Yong said.

Chai Lin pointed to the figures of the busy craftsmen and said: "This is not a fairy method, it is a sea of ​​​​people tactics. You and Bian Xiang have made great contributions to this. Without the tens of thousands of craftsmen you recruited, where would the current port be? From here to the northern iron mines, quarries, horse farms, salt fields of tens of thousands of acres by the sea, and a large number of seaweeds in various fishing villages. The surplus here is not much, basically enough to spend, because the development is too fast, there is basically no surplus.”

(End of this chapter)