The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Li Yuanqing stood up and looked down at the crowd from a commanding position. "Will you be deceived by the imperial court, the garrison of Guangning army, and the governor of Changsheng island?"

"Don't be angry, my Lord. I dare not." Xu Liang was frightened and fell to his knees.

Old man Yang and the craftsmen around him were also scared and fell to their knees.

Li Yuanqing was very satisfied with the attitude of the people, his face softened a little, "you all get up. Although I was poor, Li Yuanqing never grudged the rewards of his talents. As long as you do a good job and let my children bleed less, what's the matter if you reward you with a few hundred taels of silver

"A thousand taels? Ten thousand taels? "

People couldn't believe their ears and looked at Li Yuanqing one after another. If this is the case, then how much hope should there be in this day?

Li Yuanqing glanced at the crowd.

How is it possible to want a horse to run and not let it eat grass?

However, Li Yuanqing, who came from later generations, was deeply aware that technology was the first productive force.

Only when the generals and soldiers are sharp, can Li Yuanqing have more capital to create more wealth.

After a long time, people recovered from their excitement.

A carpenter in his fifties said, "my Lord, I don't know. I don't know. Can we have the opportunity of making contributions like old man Yang and Xu Liang?"

Li Yuanqing smiles, "of course. No one is willing to work in the army. You are the only one who can do it

The carpenter was overjoyed. He retreated cautiously to one side, but his mind was spinning rapidly. What should he do to get such a reward?

At this time, Xu Liang calmed down. He looked at Li Yuanqing carefully and said, "my Lord, it takes time and effort to build a bird blunderbuss. I wonder how much iron and how many hands can you give to the young man Yang?"

Li Yuanqing looked at him, "how much do you want?"

Xu Liang gritted his teeth, "my Lord, I don't know much about this matter. I can only keep experimenting. Villains need at least three helpers, 500 Jin of iron. "

Li Yuanqing laughed, "OK. I'll give you and old man Yang 1000 catties of iron, and then select 20 blacksmiths from the craftsman's house. In the process of building the bird's blunderbuss, all the people were satisfied with the food, and each person could eat 2 liang meat a day. I'll leave it to you. "

Xu Liang and Yang Peifu could not help but kneel down and kowtow, "willing to die for the adults."

The two men left in a hurry. The other craftsmen in the room looked at Li Yuanqing eagerly, waiting for Li Yuanqing to assign new tasks.

Li Yuanqing smiles, "our army will soon move to Changsheng island. You probably already know that Changsheng island is now full of waste, and we all have great opportunities. "

……

It took a whole morning to talk to the craftsmen. After lunch, Li Yuanqing came to the blacksmith's shop of Yang Peifu and Xu Liang.

They chose the blacksmith's shop on the hill behind the camp and began to build a large scale.

Making iron is different from heating. The burning temperature of wood is not enough, and a lot of coal is needed. At this time, although the sea surface has thawed, it is too late to buy coal from inland.

Fortunately, there were other blacksmiths in the households of Guanglu island. They bought some coal from there and used them first.

In this regard, Li Yuanqing also informed Guan Canghai that Guan Canghai would make a batch of coal for their blacksmith shop in the shortest possible time.

Looking at the two people in full swing, Li Yuanqing did not stay too much, warm words encourage a few words, then came to the dock.

At this time, the craftsmen are ready. In the afternoon, they will go to Changsheng island with Li Yuanqing.

Xu Heizi has been in Changsheng island for more than a month. Although news often comes back, Li Yuanqing did not personally check it out and did not know the detailed progress.

At this time, it was the last ten days of the first month of the first year of Tianqi. There were signs of thawing in the offshore ice layer. Now, it is not too much trouble to go to Changsheng island.

The party set off quickly and arrived at Changsheng island the next afternoon. Xu Heizi led the crowd to welcome him and led Li Yuanqing to inspect Guanglu island.

For more than a month, the main focus of Xu's work was in nanxinkou.

After all, it is too close to the south of Liaoning. The defense here is also the top priority of Changsheng island's defense work.

"You see, sir, we have built twelve watchtowers here these days, and we can clearly observe the movement of the opposite side a few miles away. As for the camp, we have also carried out a lot of investigations. Changsheng island is very large, and there are many suitable places to live in. We have selected several places to implement, and you have to make a decision. "

In nanxinkou, Xu Heizi reported to Li Yuanqing on his work during this period.

At this time, more than a dozen watchtowers have been set up on the hills near nanxinkou and deep in the woods. These watchtowers are all set up in the woods on the mountain. Unless you look at them carefully, it is difficult to find people living here from a distance.Xu Heizi and their living place also chose a depression a few miles away from nanxinkou, in order to avoid the fireworks when cooking and heating.

Li Yuanqing nodded.

They think very thoughtful, this period of time, must have been a lot of grievances, this tower like man, now has lost a circle.

"Brother Xu, it's hard for you. I remember your credit. "

Xu Heizi did not help but kneel down and kowtow in a hurry, "to serve the adults is the blessing of humble duty."

Li Yuanqing laughed, "these people are all craftsmen. They are professionals. We will make a decision after they carefully examine the site selection and defense settings of the specific camp. "

Xu Heizi nodded in a hurry and whispered to Li Yuanqing, "my Lord, where did you get these craftsmen?"

Li Yuanqing a smile, "Heaven's secrets, can't leak."

……

In the next few days, the craftsmen inspected the topography of Changsheng Island, almost every corner of Changsheng Island, and summarized their experience.

Among them, Lu Dadao, a carpenter in his fifties, gave the most effort and thought. He carefully reported to Li yuanqinghui: "Sir, we have traveled all over Changsheng island these days. In terms of the site selection of the camp, I have some opinions, and I would like to report to you. "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Dagao, you don't have to be so nervous. Come on, have a drink and speak slowly. "

The soldiers poured a bowl of hot water for Lu Dadao. After drinking a few drinks, Lu Dadao quickly kowtowed to Li Yuanqing. Then he said, "my Lord, as Xu Baihu said, there is no deviation in several suitable locations for camp. Sir, the location near nanxinkou is a little larger, and the surrounding cultivated land is also very fertile. From a small point of view, if you build a camp here, it will cost the least and get twice the result with half the effort. I just don't know what the size of the camp the adults want? Is it like a camp in Hiroshima, or is it like an ordinary military camp in a town? "

"What's the difference between the two?" Li Yuanqing said quietly

Lu Dadao hurriedly said: "my Lord, if you build a camp like Guanglu Island, several locations are OK. But if you want to build a town, nanxinkou is the best. It's just that the other side of the road is too close. "

He saw that Li Yuanqing did not speak, and his expression was calm. He could not guess Li Yuanqing's mind and did not dare to speak any more.

Li Yuanqing suddenly laughed, "Changsheng island is my place of governance. Naturally, it's better to build life.". According to the size of the town

Lu Dadao could not help being overjoyed. It was a great honor for a craftsman like him to build a town by himself.

After thinking for a moment and sorting out his thoughts, he then said: "my Lord, I have carefully inspected the resources of Changsheng island these days. There are a lot of wood and stone in Changsheng island. In the south, there are some lime mines, some land and no problem in brick burning. If you want a small one to build... "

Lu Dadao said it for half an hour. After drinking three bowls of hot water, Li Yuanqing basically understood what he meant.

Lu Dadao's idea is to build a medium-sized small town, which can support tens of thousands of people. Basically, it is made from Changsheng island. It costs only a few thousand taels of silver, but it requires a lot of labor.

According to his plan, it will take more than half a year to build the towns of Changsheng Island, including the outer Fort wall and moat, and the population will be about 2000.

After careful consideration, Li Yuanqing generally agreed with Lu Dadao's idea, but he made some improvements.

For example, soft defense measures such as Fort walls and moats were directly cancelled by Li Yuanqing.

This thing is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also has little practical effect.

The biggest defense system of Changsheng island is the sea. Once the Jin army breaks through the natural barrier of the sea, Li Yuanqing will not have much room to resist, and he can only choose to run.

Of course, it is only specific to Li Yuanqing's current military scale.

At this time, Li Yuanqing had nearly 7000 Dingkou under his command, but there was no shortage of manpower. In terms of silver, Li Yuanqing still had about 30000 taels of silver, and Qu minqiu had 100000 liang of private money. Of course, Li Yuanqing would not move her money unless she had to.

The silver is enough to support the plan of Changsheng island to build a city.

However, Li Yuanqing would never draw out 1200 soldiers. In this way, these craftsmen, the old and the weak, and women were the main ones who could be used.

Building a house is something that women can do as well. On the construction sites of later generations, most of the small workers are women.

As long as Lu Dadao can grasp the direction, this is not a problem.

It is not difficult to build the city, but Li Yuanqing is very worried about the defense work of nanxinkou.

After all, there is no absolute military strength. Even if the city is built, it can only serve as a mermaid. On the contrary, it is a wedding dress for others.

But Changsheng island is Li Yuanqing's ruling place, and Li Yuanqing has the ruling power in the legal system. Here, it will also be Li Yuanqing's native land, so it is natural to make good construction and strive to build it.After thinking for a long time, Li Yuanqing came up with a compromise plan.

Lu Dadao could immediately prepare for the construction of the city. However, before the end of the spring offensive, Li Yuanqing would only give him a small part of the financial resources and manpower to build military barracks and residential buildings.

At that time, Li Yuanqing will have 500 soldiers stationed in nanxinkou and 150 carpenters of ludadao, all of whom are stonemasons and carpenters, Zhuang men and 600 strong women, to carry out the early construction of Changsheng island.

Lu Dadao took his order and went away with great joy, but Li Yuanqing was deeply pondered.

At this time, financial and human resources have become secondary.

What Li Yuanqing lacks most now is the talented person who can be independent and loyal.

Before the spring offensive, Li Yuanqing himself can take charge of Changsheng Island, and the sixth Shanglao town will take charge of Guanglu island. The two lines will open together, but if the spring offensive begins