The road is densely packed with artemisia, which is easy to walk in winter, and the ground is dry and hard.

But when spring comes, rain is soaked, people walk and cars are pressed down, the traces are deep and mud is filled with mud, which is really disgusting.

This is the way back to the village at this time. Fortunately, when I returned to the village, the streets were paved with bluestone, gravel, and cobblestones, and washed with rainwater, and cleaned as if they were washed.

Walking on this kind of road makes people feel happy.

When Yang He returned to Xin'an Village, everyone was very happy to meet. When they saw Yang He's official uniform, they were even more happy.

Now everything is justified, and the name of righteousness is still quite good at this time.

Minister Yang, Qi Youxin, Yan Dezheng and others hurried out to greet each other. After Yang He drafted the 15th year of Chongzhen plan, everyone was busy and had no time to spare. Especially the general managers of each hall were so busy that they couldn't even slap the floor.

Everyone surrounded Yang He and returned to the public room of the theater. Yang He sat on his wolf-skin chair and breathed happily.

This place is still simple and incomparable to his official residence in Suining City, but he just feels comfortable and comfortable.

Minister Yang used the pottery teapot that Hu Juyi gave him. When he was used to using this teapot, Yang He kept using it.

He has never cared about enjoyment. He has better things. He will not refuse or be pretentious, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't.

This is a state of mind, having seen wealth and prosperity, being calm and calm.

Yang He sat down with his confidant around him and talked about Suining City, especially the banquet that day.

Everyone heard about this and was very interested, but they didn't take it seriously. Even the third-rank guard commander killed him and beat the son of a mere fifth-rank official. It really couldn't stir up any trouble in everyone's heart.

After following Mr. Yang for a long time, everyone's mentality has been trained, and there is a sense of lawlessness.

Only Minister Yang regretted that he also wanted to taste the feeling of beating the son of a fifth-rank official. He scolded: "If you dare to be disrespectful to your husband, you should beat him to death."

He couldn't help asking Chen Qiuao, who was standing silently on the side again: "Old Chen, are you happy when you slapped that boy named Huang?"

Chen Qiuao smiled on his face: "It's very refreshing."

Everyone laughed loudly, especially Qi Youxin, Minister Yang laughed the loudest.

...

Back to the point, everyone talked about the affairs in the village during this period. In the public housing, there were these people at the level of the general manager, including Minister Yang, Qi Youxin, Yan Dezheng, Han Daxia, and Zhang Chugong.

After the New Year, Minister Yang was 18 years old and matured a lot in all aspects. Only when he was straightforward and loyal, he was still the book boy Yang He trusted the most.

Qi Youxin is more smart and rational. He knows more about the world than everyone else. As one of the three members of the Seminar Hall, he actually has the right to ask about anything in the Six Seminar Hall, but he maintains his composure and is in charge of the affairs of the Seminar Hall.

Yan Dezheng was still so cautious, he was timid in front of Yang He and followed his instructions step by step. However, after being in the village for a long time, he was in charge of many things and felt a little calm and demeanor.

Yang He could see that he actually cared about everything in the village, but because of his personality and background, he had too many concerns, which seemed to be hesitant and undecisive. Unlike other subordinates, basically those who were barefoot were not afraid of wearing shoes.

Zhang Chugong sat in the chair, his waist straight, standing like a pine tree, sitting like a bell, walking like a wind, lying like a bow, and still maintaining a steady and self-disciplined manner in the military.

The three brothers actually want to stay in the army more. No matter how busy they are, they will take time to practice with everyone. However, in the current situation, Yang He can only let them take charge of civil affairs.

Han Daxia scratched his head, held a plan book in his hand, and whispered from time to time. He wore a lazy scarf and his hair was messy inside like a chicken coop, but it was the result of being too serious and thoughtful.

He was too rigid and serious, and he was overwhelmed with many things, which made him very worried. Unlike Minister Yang, he learned enough of Yang He. He had to do many things with his subordinates, and only summed up. At this time, he was very leisurely sitting on the chair and making tea from time to time.

Overall, these confidants have trained a lot, which is also the embodiment of power. Even if a person is ordinary and in a high position, he will train some temperament and temperament. After all, his height is different from the information mastery.

Qi Youxin reported that because he recruited dozens of literate people in each village, after the Civil Affairs Hall, the Intelligence Office checked it without any problem, so he was assigned to each church and office according to their ability. Now, many civil affairs halls can basically operate.

These people who can write and calculate can be added to the village, which also makes it easier for Minister Yang, Yan Dezheng, Zhang Songtao and others who were originally teaching part-time in the village, and have more energy to focus on their duties.

Then during this period, the Official Affairs Hall recruited all personnel for the House Affairs Hall and the Work Affairs Hall, and recruited a total of 1,000 people in the farming team, road work team, water conservancy team, and maintenance team. There was not much left in this village.

But recently, refugees have arrived. Although the staff are well placed, men are added to various types of work teams and women are repairing and washing, but suddenly these people are added, it is probably beyond the budget.

According to the year plan agreed on the fourth day of the first lunar month, the inventory of 10,000 stones of grain and 100,000 taels of silver are actually budget-friendly. Where does the money and grain come from for those who exceed them?

At present, except for the summer time, there may be income of several thousand stones of sorghum in the village, so there is no other income for the time being.

It is also a problem how many refugees will come in the future.

So when talking about this, Qi Youxin and others were a little worried.

Of course, the worries are limited. Everyone has confidence in Yang He and thinks that Mr. Yang will definitely find a way to solve it.

It was like having nothing on the way to escape, and slowly accumulated grain, rice, silver and silver. There was always food and drink. After arriving in Xin'anzhuang, the silver, grain and rice were even more confiscated. So I was concerned about the issue of money and grain, but Yang He and his subordinates didn't care.

There was a tall man holding on to him when the sky fell, and this tall man was Xianggong Yang.

...

According to the agreement on that day, Minister Yang, Han Daxia, Zhang Chugong and others also formulated plans for the church. After this period of busy work, they all came up with the charter statement.

They handed over to Yang He to take a closer look. The military affairs hall is generally improved, divided into five departments, including Wuxuan House Selection, Military Instrument Office, Planning Office, and Department Office. Luo Xianjue, the deputy director, also serves as the supervisor of the planning office, Deputy Director, Yang Qian, also serves as the supervisor of Wuxuan House Selection Office, and Cui Lu, the captain of the grenade team, also serves as the supervisor of the department office.

There is also Zhang Chuxun who was appointed as the head of the Military Control Institute, while Hu Juyi who was appointed as the head of the Caoji Institute remained unchanged.

Looking at the planning book, Yang He smiled slightly. He knew that Han Daxia and Luo Xianjue could write some words now, but they were all written in a crooked manner and could not bear to read it. The font of this document was rich and quite skillful. It was obviously a book office in the hall.

Yang He opened and looked at it. There were various plans for recruitment, training, assessment and other plans for military officers and soldiers in the Military Affairs Hall for one year, and there were also budgets for various types of food, military uniforms and equipment.

Based on the three thousand people set by Yang He, the weapons and equipment and the food and wages of soldiers in Chongzhen for the fifteenth year were about 60,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stones of grain and rice.

Yang He sighed. Military expenditure was too large, but this was a necessary expenditure.

He looked through and saw that he had outstanding memory now and could not forget everything he saw. After reading, he could remember the entire content of the document.

In Yang He's opinion, the overall plan is quite tender and childish. Many places are absurd and full of romance imaginations. Yang He doesn't agree. He knows that Han Daxia and others have used their strength to make them gradually improve in all aspects.

Anyway, his planning office will have to review it carefully and then discuss it. He looks at the output of weapons in the interior. By the first month of the year, the output of Xin'an guns is 100 more. In addition, the 120 Xin'an guns made in the twelfth month, the total standard Xin'an guns is 220.

Two hundred gun soldiers can already be equipped with standard breech Xin'an guns, and the remaining 120 front and breech guns can be trained and equipped.

Although Xin'anzhuang has a small population, it is its foundation, and the women, children, elderly and weak inside must be armed.

The blacksmiths in the village also began to group, divide firearms and weapons shops.

Niu Jinding and his son have been transferred to the Weapons. The father and son have family skills, especially good at making swords and swords. Yu Youti's two disciples, Tiedun and Iron Hammers. Zhang Chugong and Zhang Chujing went together and were preparing to start making iron armor.

It has not affected the Xin'an gun production much, and the monthly output of 100 shots is still available, because Li Tiannan's younger brother Li Tianxi and younger sister Li Zhuniang are all ideal candidates for shaking the handle after the assessment and have been treated as intermediate technicians.

There is also an unexpected surprise. Perhaps he was born in the blacksmith family, Yu blacksmith's granddaughter Yu Scissors, who were quite talented in tempering. Naturally, Yang He did not have the taboo whether to use women. Yu Scissors were also treated as an intermediate technician.

The overall production of weapons satisfies Yang He, but when he turned around, he still frowned.

Pointing to the equipment rail, Yang He said, "Old Han, the horse team's weapons, in addition to cold soldiers, also need to consider firearms. Their armor is too heavy, but they can be made of cotton armor. These plans must be reflected in the plans. Also, on the fourth day of the lunar month, I said that the annual output of Xin'an guns will reach 2,000 iron armors will reach 500 pairs. Your plan is only 1,300 and 210 pairs of iron armors. What did you do?"

Han Daxia hurried over to look, and he said seriously: "My husband, it's hard to cook without rice. There are only a few blacksmiths in the village. They want to build guns and make iron armor. How could it be high? The output you mentioned is unrealistic. There are also horse teams, only ten people in the sentry team, either using knives or bows and arrows. How can they use firearms immediately? Do you want to attract thieves?"

Yang He leaned against the wolf-skin chair and looked at the serious middle-aged man in front of him. He was speechless. Hero Han had a better temper than Lian Fang, but it was also difficult for people to bear it. No wonder he could not stand the official of the small leader in the past.

Qi Youxin kept winking at Han Daxia and coughing like a scattered person. He knew that Lao Han had a natural weakness in some aspects, but he said this...

Minister Yang said angrily: "Old Han, why do you talk to your husband? Are you looking for a fight, right?"

Han Daxia still stubbornly said, "Did the subordinate say something wrong? It's just unrealistic... Also, when my husband went to Suining, he said that he would recruit the three blacksmiths over there. Where have they been? Without the blacksmiths, how can his subordinates do things? According to the situation in the village, he carefully calculated it to achieve such a yield... My husband, I want to advise you to keep your feet on the ground!"

Yang He picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea. Before going to Suining, he found out that there were three blacksmiths there. He wanted to recruit them, but when he went to the county office to ask, he found out that these three blacksmiths were only on paper and people had long since gone.

Although there were craftsmen in the village during this period, there were no blacksmiths, especially blacksmiths who had the ability to make armor and firearms.

In this era, there were always few blacksmith masters and had a high status. In the serf system in the Middle Ages, blacksmiths, especially armor masters, were all superior civilians who could be on par with priests and were very respected.

Recruiting blacksmiths is not easy, but without blacksmiths, the weapons and equipment in his village will become a problem.

Now, together with the brothers Zhang Chugong, there are only five blacksmiths in Xin'an Village. Yu Blacksmith and his son Yu Youtie, two apprentices, his granddaughter. Li Blacksmith and his son Li Yougang, blacksmith Niu Jinding and his son Niu Xiaoshuan, and finally Li Tiannan's brother and sister are fifteen.

These people have high skills and low skills. Zhang Chugong and others also have many miscellaneous tasks, such as building guns and making armor, and they are really too busy.

He looked at Han Daxia, lazy to collect the hair inside the scarf, and looked at himself with his neck in his eyes. He waved speechlessly: "You must prepare for the future and have a broad vision... Oh, even if you want to count it, I will naturally find a way to do it in terms of craftsmen."

He raised his voice: "This is an order!"

Han Daxia reflexed: "Subordinates obey the order."

Yang He held his forehead and said, "This guy was still very determined to execute the orders, but his personality and temper were so bad that his former boss would probably drive him away furiously if he couldn't wait to give the order."

Zhang Chugong said at this time: "My husband, there are not enough blacksmiths. It is really difficult for Zhuangzi to develop. Not to mention that iron armor is not easy to make, even cotton armor is time-consuming."

Yang He sighed, Yes, the excellent scale armor has strong protection, but it is very difficult to make it. In the Song Dynasty, officials reported that they would build the iron armor of the archer in the archer, which lasted for three hundred days a year, and each pair was one in two days. A total of 150 pairs were built, and the plan was to use 18,000 blacksmiths and more than 5,200 coins of money were used.

At this time, one person works for a day, which is called a labourer. He builds 150 pairs of iron armor in three hundred days and uses 18,000 labours, which is sixty blacksmiths.

The speed of sixty skilled blacksmiths was one pair of iron armor every two days, which shows how slow the armor was made at this time.

Of course, Song Jia has always been heavy. The Buren armor has a total of 1,825 armor pieces, with a total weight of 29 kilograms. The spearman armor is 35 kilograms, and the archer has 33 kilograms. The Ming armor is much lighter. Generally, the most refined armor is only 30 kilograms and the helmet is more than two kilograms.

The general's armor was only about a thousand pieces, and the soldiers' armor was less than a thousand pieces. In the Song Dynasty, leather was used as lining, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was used as a nap, which was somewhat easier and lighter.

But it is still not easy to make armor. It needs to be forged and quenched. It is all about hitting one by one. It is purely manual work. In order to fit it, most of the armor pieces must have a certain arc.

Then, the nail piece is finished, and the inside is painted with raw paint and the inside is dried, the edges are filed and the holes are drilled, and a pair is tied with a double layer of thick cloth and velvet rope. There is also knowledge about the seams of the nail piece, which is not an easy task.

The only advantage of Xin'anzhuang is that it uses fine iron directly, which saves a lot of effort. If you replace it with something else, you will directly issue "One Hundred kilograms of good Min iron". These are all pig iron. You need to use cast iron softening technique to forge mature iron alive, and then forge iron into fine iron, which makes the craftsmen very hard.

But even so, if the six people in the Weapons shop only make the armor, it is hard to say how many pairs can be completed in a month.

The same is true for cotton armor. To have protective power, many parts must be forged and inlaid with nail pieces. It is also tiring. Soaking the hammer flat and drying cotton is also a process.

The most important thing is that the blacksmith is insufficient.

Yang He thought about using water conservancy, but the gear set was not simple. It was not easy to let the hydraulic forging hammer be driven by the water flow, and the circular motion of the water wheel was converted into linear motion of the connecting rod through the crank, as well as various frequency adjustment and control, which were not simple.
To be continued...