Yang He was surprised, and seemed to be speechless by Song Zhiyuan. After a while, he said, "You..."

"Mr. Yang no longer has to shirk responsibility. Your business is your business." Song Zhiyuan snorted coldly, "It just happened that today I have made it clear that the police will be determined to be placed on Mr. Yang's side. It has nothing to do with me in the future. If there is any gangster incident, don't come to me again."

Yang He was unhappy and speechless, as if he was so excited by Song Zhiyuan's shamelessness that he could not speak.

The prefect Su Cheng narrowed his eyes, and seemed to have not noticed the dispute between General Yang Lian and Judge Song. He thoughts and weighed the pros and cons.

With his official experience, he naturally knew that Song Zhiyuan was really ruling the blame. He had long wanted to do the police officer's affairs, so he took this opportunity to throw it out and threw it on Yang He's head.

Yang He was surprised at first, but later he agreed to it with the flow. Obviously, he had planned for a long time and was determined to win the position of police.

Is this good or bad? Su Chengxing was thinking.

He was naturally concerned about Yang He. Su Zhizhou also knew a lot about his affairs in Suining. He even had his own guesses about Han Lan and Wei Kungang at that time.

Judging from Yang He's life and temperament, almost everything he wants to get is obtained by any means. It is obviously useless to stop it, but it will cause all kinds of uncontrollable things.

Think about it again, although Yang He is prone to trouble, he still has a bottom line in his life. At least he knows to restrain his subordinates and not to harass the gentry and the people.

Even if he was appointed as a police officer, he would only die of rogue and bandits. No matter how many of these people died, it would not affect his Su Cheng's character or Pizhou City.

Thinking of this, Su Chengxing laughed and said, "Mr. Song said it makes sense. River defense is very difficult, and Lord Song is really unable to do anything. Lord Yang is in charge of bandit affairs, so there is no need to divide local bandits and foreign bandits, so let's take charge together."

Yang He hesitated and said, "The lower official is young and weak..."

Su Chengxing waved his hand and said firmly: "Mr. Yang, don't shirk it. The thief is fierce. Lord Yang is very capable. You should solve the problems of the court."

Yang He sighed: "Well, for the sake of the people of Pizhou City, the subordinates will take charge of the police affairs."

Song Zhiyuan felt relieved, and the annoying police position was finally abandoned. In the future, the Pizhou bandit Qingpi had nothing to do with him.

The co-master Zhang Kuixiang was still sitting like a Bodhisattva, while the official's eyes, Chen Tai'an had a complicated expression and didn't know what he was thinking.

After talking about the bandits and police officers, Su Chengxing and Yang He talked about the matter of food and wages in foreign lands.

The emperor did not send hungry soldiers. If he wanted to fight under Yang He, he would not be able to lose food, rice and equipment.

The prefecture yamen gave Yang He a quota of 700 "training" rural soldiers.

There are actually brave men everywhere in the villages. Many villages have their own village soldiers to protect the people of Zhuangzi, etc.

However, only the township soldiers who were "trained" by prefectures and counties were officially recognized by the local bravery. The rest were illegal, but they just agreed to it in troubled times, and no government would provide them with food, salary and equipment.

The 700 soldiers in the village were trained, and the treatment of the soldiers in the city was one tael of silver per month, and 700 people a year was eight thousand four hundred taels. With some miscellaneous equipment, it is estimated that the provincial and urban areas would give Yang He about ten thousand taels of silver a year.

This treatment is better than Suining County, but according to the food and salary, Yanghe has 2,500 people, but in fact, they still have to drink the northwest wind. Not to mention that he still has a thousand horses and mules under his command, which consumes 8,500 stones of grain and 2,800 kilograms of hay a year.

At this time, a bunch of grass is about fifteen kilograms, each bunch is worth two or three cents of silver, and 2.8 million kilograms of hay, and the price is about seven thousand five hundred taels of silver.

So Yang He still had to rely on himself to raise his troops. The money given by the city was just icing on the cake.

Moreover, according to Su Chengxing and others' wishes, they had done their best and could not pay out the extra money.

However, Su Chengxing also said that the Governor's Office of the Governor's Office had issued a document and the Governor's Office would allocate some money and grain.

They calculated Yang He's 1,000 soldiers and had three steps and seven horses, and the number of horses with three hundred people. The treatment of internal infantry was one tael of silver per month and five dou of rice per month. The treatment of horse soldiers was two taels of silver per month, five dou of rice per month, and eight points of grass bean silver per day, twenty-four taels a year.

At this time, the cavalry and cavalry only had armor. The 300 horse soldiers, and the Governor's Office would assign 300 pairs of iron-inserted cotton armor.

In this way, the food, salary and equipment allocated by the Governor's Office is 22,800 taels of silver, 6,000 stones of rice, and 300 pairs of armor a year.

From this side, we can also see that the value of horse-raising team is 700 infantry soldiers, and the annual salary is only 8,400 taels. However, 300 horse soldiers, and the grass bean silver, will pay 14,400 taels a year, and the weapons and armor have not been calculated yet.

Song Zhiyuan and Chen Tai'an both showed envious and jealous expressions, and even Zhang Kuixiang, who was sitting like a Bodhisattva, was moved.

Although there was a rumor that the newcomer of Lian Yang He was highly valued by Shi Tuan, and there was also a rumor that Huai'an would allocate some silver and two cents of rice. But everyone was just speculating that the Zhou Zun had not disclosed the news, and the truth was finally revealed.

This was a surprise for Yang He. At that time, he visited Shi Kefa and mentioned casually, hoping that the mansion would give him some support, but he didn't expect it to be true.

This also means that the Governor's Office is watching his troops. At this time, the wonderful way for civil servants to control the army is money and food. They control the army's food and wages, and indirectly control the army.

For Yang He, it is purely a delusion to control his army for more than 20,000 taels of silver and 6,000 s of rice a year, but money and grain are money and grain. Although it is small, it can make up for some household expenses.

It also gave the outside world a clear signal that there was someone on his back, which could save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

In addition to food and wages, Su Chengxing also told Yang He that after the military merits were drafted, the silver rewards he had been rewarded several times were also counted.

There is a mansion in the mansion. Yang He won three great victories, the first ambush in the inner city, and the count of beheadings was level 1,300. The second time he defended the city, the count of beheadings was level 2,000. The third time he fought against the thief in the wild, and the count of beheadings was level 2,700.

In three great victories, he beheaded a total of 6,000 levels.

According to the military merit system of the Ming Dynasty, one famous thief was killed, the leader was promoted to the first level, and the person who was unwilling to be promoted was rewarded with thirty taels of silver. The leader was captured and killed one thief was promoted to the first level, and the person who was unwilling to be promoted would be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. The leader was captured and killed three thief was promoted to the first level, and the person who was unwilling to be promoted would be rewarded with 15 taels of silver.

Yang He did not kill famous thieves in the list of military merits. In the list of thieves, they were all ordinary thieves, and only three were rewarded with silver for 15 taels. Basically, they were rewarded with silver for one level beheading, and six thousand heads were rewarded with silver for 30,000 taels.

The money was distributed by the Ministry of War, and the Jieshi would come down layer by layer, first to Huai'an Prefecture, transport it to Pizhou with the food, salary and equipment allocated by the Governor's Office, and finally to Yanghe.

This made Yang He ponder. It was normal for the Ming Dynasty to deduct military pay and food, and it was the same for the rewards of military merits. The layers of exploitation, the rewards of 30,000 taels of silver, were difficult to say whether there was a dilemma for 10,000 taels of silver in his hands.

Fortunately, he trained troops to kill enemies not to reward silver. Whether it was a reward of money or not, it didn’t matter. Just add icing on the cake.

...

Finally, Yang He and Su Chengxing talked about his preparation for land reclamation and farming.

Su Chengxing agreed very happily about this matter. Pizhou has a lot of wasteland, and in theory, the government also highly agreed with the people to reclaim wasteland. However, the soil here is not good, and it is only after the third year of land reclamation that it is barely gained some results, and the people are not very motivated.

Su Chengxing told Yang He that he would not reclaim the lakes and rivers that were used as canal water cabinets, so as not to affect the canal transportation. He would reclaim the wastelands in the remaining areas.

He even more happily exempted Yanghe from the newly reclaimed land for five years.

For Su Chengxing, he will soon retire. Five years later? That is already the business of his later career and has nothing to do with him. It is better to sell Yang He now. He agreed to Yang He's request very neatly.

Finally, Yang He went back with satisfaction. Today, he was discussing things and returned with a full load.

At this time, the prefectures and counties were like sieves, which was inevitable. Today, all the matters discussed by officials were spread.

The new General Secretary Yang of Lian is in charge of police affairs? Some people are happy and some are worried about this news.

Zhoucheng looked at countless pairs of eyes, seeing what Yang He would do.

An undercurrent slowly surged inside and outside Pizhou City.

...

On June 11, Pizhou Qianlian Township Army Camp.

This military camp is located one mile outside Yongkang Gate southeast of Pizhou. It has buildings such as Mashen Temple, Yangong Temple, Guanxiangcang and other buildings around it. There is also Yishui Bridge not far north of the military camp. Even Zhang Liang met Huangshigong, which is called the Bridge.

Now Xiaoyi River has long been abandoned and has become a narrow ditch. Although the ancient bridge is there, it has long lost the function of a bridge passage. It is surrounded by narrow streets and alleys, and many of them are still thatched houses or even reed houses. Not to mention the three-fold heads and four-fold heads, there are not many "one-stop" tiled houses.

Compared with the west side of Pizhou City, the Guanxiang on the south side, the people gathered in the east and north side, and many military households gather here, the roads are bumpy and garbage everywhere.

However, the military camp is still large, with more than 200 barracks, each with ten people living in it, and about 2,000 soldiers and horses can be stationed. In addition, the military camp military parade platform, well, bathhouse, toilet, stable, warehouse, canteen and other equipment are indispensable, and many of them are still built according to Yanghe's requirements.

The ground is also flat and covered with fine sand, which is convenient for practice and will not be muddy on rainy days.

At this time, Yang He and others gathered on the flat ground of the military camp. There was a table in front of them, with a pile of newly made musket armor, etc.

However, the hydraulic forging hammer in Xin'anzhuang has been debugged, and the Military Control Institute made some samples according to Yang He's requirements. If possible, it will be produced according to this.

Everyone gathered, Zhang Chugong, Minister Yang, Han Guaner, Luo Xianjue, Zhang Songtao and others all surrounded him curiously, and Qian Sanniang and Li Ruwan were also in the crowd, looking at the weapons and armor placed on the table with great enthusiasm.

The new deputy general manager of the Military Affairs Hall of Pizhou was Zhang Chuxun, who also served as the head of the Military Control Institute. In addition, Yu Blacksmith and Li Tiannan also became the deputy supervisor of the institute.

They came together, but Han Daxia, the headmaster of the Military Affairs Council, was stationed in Xin'an Village, but did not come together. The new deputy headmaster Hu Juyi was also staying in the village.

"My husband, this is the second type of Xin'an gun made as required." Zhang Chuxun picked up a musket, Yang He took it and took it to see it.

He looked at the second style of Xin'an Gun in his hand. This was a flintlock rifle, which was improved on the basis of the former Xin'an Gun Yuan-Burrowed Match Rope.

The still-swan neck-style gun holder is conducive to holding and aiming with cheeks. The gun holder is painted with raw paint, polished smoothly, and looks sophisticated and elegant.

The difference is that the fuse structure behind the gun is gone, and it is replaced with the flintlock dog head style, with flints on it, and the original flint ignition was replaced by flint fire.

The rest remained generally unchanged, with a semicircular iron cover on it, similar to a 38-shaped cover.

This is to prevent scorching gas from hurting people. Although copper bolts are used, instead of metal shells, the leak of the breech gun is inevitable. Using this iron lid can effectively prevent scorching smoke from hurting the shooter. The lid was square in the past, but now it is changed to a semicircular in shape.

Finally, in front, the guardrail extends not far from the muzzle, and then all the guardrails at this end are wrapped in iron, and the mouth is opened, just like an iron sheath. There are two holes on the side of the guardrail, which are used to lock bolts.

"My husband, this is a gun and sword." Zhang Chuxun respectfully handed over a sharp thing.

Yang He took it and looked closely. It was dark and a long sharp thorn made of fine iron, like an iron cone. There were two blood grooves in the front half. The sharp mouth was slightly blunt, similar to five or six thorns, but four sides.

The whole is thin and round, long and pointed, the hilt is slightly flat, slightly smaller than the sword body, and then there are two grooves on the shank, but it is used as lock bolts.

Looking at the gun sword, Yang He sighed in his heart. If possible, he would really like to design the kind of bayonets in later generations, even sleeve-type bayonets are good.

However, the process and materials do not allow it. The only way to choose the one Zhang Chugong used is to have a strong structural strength but a single function, and it can only be locked on it.

After admiring the gun sword, Yang He stuffed the gun sword into the mouth of the sheath guardrail, and the hilt of the sword was kept in. Then, the sword body, which was slightly larger than the hilt, blocked the outside of the sheath, similar to the force-bearing effect of the bayonet ring against the sight.

Zhang Chuxun handed over two bolts and a screwdriver. Yang He screwed the two bolts into the hole on the side of the iron guard and locked them on the two grooves at the hilt of the inner sword.

He used a screwdriver to lock the two bolts tightly. In the end, the gun sword was very firm and did not move at all. It could be assassinated no matter how it was. It was even stronger than the bayonets of later generations, because they were stuck and locked here.

But it is firm and it is a bit difficult to disassemble and maintain, because you have to use a screwdriver to unscrew the two bolts before you can remove the gun sword.

However, Yang He was not going to touch the gun and sword when he locked it. Sometimes there was nothing wrong in the military camp, and it didn't matter if he twisted the bolt off and tried to maintain it.

Yang He picked up the musket and aimed it. The overall size was more than eight kilograms, and the weight was still appropriate. After adding the gun, the total length was about 1.6 meters, and the length of the musket was basically appropriate.

The rear gun support may be slightly heavier, and after the front gun sword is fixed, although it is more than one pound more, it will not feel that it is head-heavy and light, and has good balance.
To be continued...